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Aquarius-Claire — decedance of shadows
Published: 2011-07-19 02:02:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 567; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 4
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hold still, he says and putshis finger over my
lips.
he leaves the room and
greets his mother in
the kitchen where he gave me altoids
and a cocky kiss some amount of time before,
an hour, two days, it doesn't matter and
i can't remember.
the shadows are moving on the floor.
i smell fear, a harmony
of lines.
i taste petron and
a hint of toothpaste.
the clock in his room
doesn't move.
i didn't know this the first time as i
lay beneath him wondering
how long it would
take to finally be over
gritting my teeth
i didn't know about how
the shadows move and the
clock holds its breath.
and me
i hold my breath
for centuries, eons.
i am still but the sun isn't.
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Comments: 16
gorgeous writing. <3
and yes, clocks can be disturbing. i used to have one in my kitchen that was always slow, no matter how many times we changed the batteries. /endramble
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the clock in my room is ALWAYS ten minutes fast. No matter what we do to it, how often we change it, lo and behold, it's ten minutes ahead.
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yesss. my old cell was always between 4 and 7 minutes fast as well. maybe the clocks are just sick of how slowly we live our lives?
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they want us to hurry up and die so they can too
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fuck it, we must be creating severely depressed clocks.
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an hour, two days, it doesn't matter and/i can't remember.
Great finish as well.
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The bit about the clock holding its breath was wonderful- a unique description that, were it not for the overall creepiness of this piece, might've made me smile.
Very good
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I wish I could have made you smile, but I'm glad my piece was effectively creepy. Glad you liked/were creeped by it :]
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