One Dot Below the I (#5)

Story by Glycanthrope on SoFurry

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#9 of Poetry

More short poetry


THIS RULE

YOU'RE SITTING HERE

LISTENING ONLY TO YOUR INNER COLLISIONS

YOU'VE GONE

TO THE MOVIES WITHIN YOURSELF MAN! WAKE UP

YOUR LOVE

IS ON HER WAY TO YOU IN SIXTEEN AMBULANCES

WHILE YOU

DANGLE FROM A STRAND LIKE YOUR ALTERNATE I

IS MADE

WATCH OUT! THERE'S NOBODY HERE

AND THE AIR IS TIGHT AS CLINGFILM

AN ILLUMINATED KITCHEN IMPOSES ITSELF WITH ITS CLUTTER

A TOYSTORE LET LOOSE UNDER WATER

BUT THE DISTANCE

TO THE I THAT FILMS EACH WHO AND EVERY WHERE

EQUALS ZERO AFTER ALL

ENTIRELY

THE DAY THE AGING POET DIED

THEY ALL SAID HE CREATED HIS OWN UNIVERSE

A STUDY CONDUCTED BY HIS YOUNGER COLLEAGUES CONCLUDED

THE SEA IN HIS HEART HAD CALMED

THE STAR IN HIS I HAD FADED

THE GALAXIES IN HIS MIND DISSIPATED

AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT

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THEN HIS LEFT EAR BEGAN SNOWING

FROM EXCEPTIONS

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