| re: Icepick in the mind's ear | |
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samurai7 01:18 am UTC 07/27/14 |
| In reply to: | Icepick in the mind's ear - fnord 09:52 pm UTC 07/24/14 |
| I really like this. A lot! > (This is something I wrote 20 years ago or more that I > randomly found today. It seems much more like plagiarism > now than it did at the time.) > > Hi. I'm sorry you're not home, I'll have to talk to your > machine. I need to talk to someone. I haven't been > sleeping well lately. It's not the dreams, so much as the > music. The constant music. It comes to me at night. It's > like it comes from outer space, it's like the voice of > god, or maybe the devil, speaking to me, singing to me. > Even when I sleep it won't go away. I close my eyes, I > plug my ears, but it won't go away. Even when I put the > blinders on and the cotton in, even when I lock myself in > the closet and fall on the floor, the music doesn't stop. > It just gets louder, and louder. It becomes more clear, > and I can see the notes, dancing in front of my closed > eyes, like they were floating in space... rocketing across > space, and now they're invading my mind. They're infecting > my mind, and they're keeping me awake. I never really > sleep any more. > But even that can't stop the dreams! The dreams where > the entire city is burning, and I'm swallowed by the > mirrors, and the wolf with the red roses says he can keep > me young forever... And the music won't quit! But I can > only hold that murderous guitar, I can't turn it off, I > can't turn it down, and I can't stand the sound! > Can't you hear it? Can't you hear the music? Can't > you see the notes, like a plague of locusts in the sky, > trying to drown us? Trying to suffocate me. The > suffocating music, it comes to me at night. And it sings > your name. > So call me, when you get chance. I need to talk to > you. | |
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