justwrite 15 july

ominous crimson swims in tiny streams screaming loud and clear and quiet fearing riotous living preferring solemn death? or a catch and release program darting into the net and let go again into the abyss of endlessness the undefinable hard to write about to find a way out of to trouble the waters and seek out reflection the rejection of ideals and stealing of meals in immoral ways the cannibalized trays with canonized saints tainting the judgement of a smudge muddying the surface the nervous tension unmentionable the full throttle coddle in the aren't you sweet beat the music of a different truth the loose tooth brigade fading into pillows into dreams where obscene amounts of caramel lead to cash too fast to compute and an empty mouth trailing south at the edges with sticky lip hedges wedging the curtain open hoping for a fairy with a tail and a mail-in rebate a reprobate proposal but not easily disposed of for what would you do with a magical creature a fish or a fairy or a wink from uncle larry the electrician but you know he's missing at least one degree some separation between he and the training but in the dark when it was raining and the lights went out around the corner you saw the purple sparks dancing in his hands and the words that he whispered were not words at all but a gentle call to order and the sparks went their ways and the lights were brighter for days afterward glazed sometimes with purple lines if you squinted just right and believed