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Jezebel by ~archaicvesper
Encounter "If you don't take chances," said the man in striped pajamas, "you might as well not be alive." He stood in the middle of the common room of a rickety downtown apartment. I wondered why I had come here. He could be certifiably insane for all I knew. Stupid friends, daring me to come and see what was hiding in that old apartment down the street from PPAC. He had horizontal striped blue and white pajamas, slouching in the center of the room.Encounter by ~archaicvesper
On the floor by his feet was a crooked old umbrella. In the dim light it appeared to be a sharp black blob. Its wires and thin bars were bent irreparably, from what I couldn't know. The black fabric t
Black Death The rash is first redBlack Death by ~archaicvesper
Then it turns blue
A pestilent flea has infected you
Demons and bird-men circle your head
As you cry out for water from your death-bed
A merchant walks about the town
Spreading mucous all around
Inadvertently radiating the disease to civilians
Gone are the lilting icons of biblical and noble figures
Artists portray death and hell personified
A broken world we see today
Families lament the bodies of loved ones
Although in disgust of it they will soon shun
A classless, orderless people trek the world
Living in the moment, "We'll die anyway!"
Raucous laughter and drunkenness echo through the halls
And riots
Las Vegas Sitting dormant in the commonplaceLas Vegas by ~archaicvesper
Sifting arid gravel through my fingers
It's all a facade
All built, constructed, conquered by man
Trying to create his own paradise
Out of a desolate wasteland
The entirety of the place is artificial
Lavish vegetation adorns the streets
This is not as nature intended
Diminishing the quality of the rivers
Draining, taking its lifeblood away
To fuel a city created for the basis of sin
Sex, drugs, gambling, corruption
It's called fabulous and wonderful, is it not?
Then my distaste be positive as well
Sta.sh
