HOTEL SOLILOQUY... mongols served their troops succulent meals with good reason. the aroma of grilled meats and exotic spices taunted enemy camps within range. the nazi blitzkrieg attached loud speakers blasting classical music from their tanks. psychological advantages designed to demoralize and stun. and so charlie manson, a student of darker impulse, instructed his girls to scribe something "witchy" in victim's blood on the murder scene walls:
"death to pigs" "rise"
the reality jolt factor. normalcy tossed like a skipping stone.
i like to stand inside such moments. i believe the same is true of you.
for he has come to deceive. monstrosity alluring. dare you catch his eye? eyes. the portal to the soul. a black spot in the left corner of my vision. it is a direct glimpse into swirling black void. staring back at me. sucking. draining. my big gulp soul. leaving a dry husk. you catch the same fleeting black spot from your periphery, no?
i share secrets. better left untold...
the past few months unkind. extreme emotional. physical stress. i am too strong for my own good. unable to let go. i would benefit from a complete breakdown. release. yet my disintegration regroups. dragging along. this lame foot syndrome. dead cell leprosy clinging...
forced out of my apartment. i took up residency in a local hotel. a welcome change. home for a transient like me. i walked outside and sat down beside the freeway access road. to watch the fireworks. like stewart copeland smashing. a frantic yet controlled display.
i traversed a parking lot. full of spectators. into a convenience store. a long line of strangers. an easy pack. i am the alien. i do not belong. i emit a silent distress call. as invisible screaming dragons escape my breath. swarming. pecking at me. i nearly snap! emote telepathic pain. for a split second. everyone in line takes notice. of. monster me.
they always do. convenience stores are the worst. my presence an intrusion. even in the ghetto. people take pause. they know. i am wounded yet a dangerous animal. they gawk but keep their distance all the same. i am a haunt best avoided. demons tire of my false alarms. and pass me by. i am more trouble than i am worth.
walking back to my hotel room: oh. smug one. not everyone is free. some of us speak like that. some of us dress like that. some of us dance like that. some of us live like that. die like that. we are the scary monsters david bowie sang of. we smoke pipe bombs for the cause. but we all stop. when the squealing bombs drop…
as i lay on the hotel bed. i place a loaded gun in my mouth and suck on the barrel. understand this gesture without harm nor sexual connotation. yet the act of giving a gun a blow a job ultimately self-destructive and innately sexual. dichotomy me.
because this life is my own. i have yet to take control of.
i am closer to truth than you might think...
peculiar moments i collect. stand inside of. listening to joy division in my hotel room. ian curtis my cathedral. his vocals prophesize his tragic end. if you pay close attention. you can read spirits like brail. ian curtis a sad mythical beast. defeated among men. canonized by vampires.
i've over-extended myself. reconstruction time again. i leave you with this:
every murderers knows. whatever grace. beauty. and dignity exists. is carried upon butterfly lips. and grave robbers toil. and grave robbers sing. i tell ya. we all sing… |