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Published: 2003-01-23 19:28:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 176; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 45
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Description im standing at the street corner, impatiently waiting for the light to change. one hand in my pocket, the other convulsively holding a cigarette. hunched up, hidden behind a pair of headphones. the scream of a guitar, or the harsh beat of electronics, discordant from premix distortion and full volume overdrive, walls me off from the those around me. from myself. i take a long drag from my cigarette. savor the fumes, and let out the smoke in a langorous breath, wreathed in carcinogenic quarantine. i am smoking lucky strikes lights. i hate malboros and camel seemed too common, and i wont even touch the other brands. i guess i am a creature of habits. grab at the familiar, even if i have never done it before. steal the idea, see something in another that i want to be, and wear it as my own. plagerised personality, sampled and recycled. i was never comfortable in my own skin. can i wear yours for awhile? this mask here is geting too tight, ill fitting.
and as i slip into your suite, the cross walk light changes, and i step out into traffic.
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Comments: 3

ladynyk [2003-01-23 21:42:53 +0000 UTC]

I could hear the sounds in my ears.. feel the smoke in my lungs.. rolling off my tongue.. *shakes head*

I love your narratives, the way they suck you in to the moment, making it all go away for just a moment.

bliss.

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akashka [2003-01-23 20:32:46 +0000 UTC]

totally felt like a picture taken, and 2 seconds gripped froma life on the side of the road. fresh. urban. me likes a lot. thats good work !

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nuttyspam [2003-01-23 19:55:34 +0000 UTC]

Umm..I'm sort of new to DA so I'm not quite sure what prose is, all I know is that I do love the picture. Great composition and I love the colors and the intensity of the eyes. Good stuff.

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