where do you think you're going
Away.
what have you got in that sack
Dead leaves and broken china; heads of lost statues and statues that have lost their heads; a standing stone, a fallen throne, a hero's skull and monster bones. But I'm no thief, they were broken when I picked them up.
what do you mean to do
No, no, no: what do I do to mean? What must I do, Lord, to make me, I, mean something, anything?
where are you going now
Now is always where I'm going. Now is stuck to me like flypaper and here is glued to the souls of my feet. Einstein said it was so, but Einstein could be wrong.
are you crazy
ELIZA said it was so, but ELIZA could be wrong. Every sole in this electronic sea has an opinion. My computer runs on laser light instead of lightning chained by key and kite; that's why I'm so coherent.
or just a fool
The Fool is zero. Without zero you can add but you can't subtract.
where are you trying to go
Back.
where have you been
Lost inside the stuttering maze of your head. Lost in the clatter chatter of a million monkeys stripping keys from a million keyboards. Not one would unlock the cage, for they were only letters. Poor monkeys, you needed words.
where are you going
With you.
Don't be afraid.
Our faces were painted on a glass bubble, but mine was inside.
where are we going
With a magic eight-ball for a compass and a handful of yarrow stalks for a map? With a Tarot deck for a guidebook? We are going here.
We are going now.
We are
here
now.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
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7 comments:
This is wonderful, specially the line: 'Now is stuck to me like flypaper and here is glued to the souls of my feet'
Brilliant, every word. The dialogue is well used and there are some great images.
oh tiel this was wonderful... this line...
With a magic eight-ball for a compass and a handful of yarrow stalks for a map? With a Tarot deck for a guidebook?
sometimes i feel like that is all we have been given to navigate this road called life...
oh i really enjoyed this.
Terrific! I really love this!
this was stunning, i really liked it alot.
The wordplay in here is amazing! The words sound weird when you read them the first time, but upon a second reading it all makes perfect sense! Fun!
this was fantastic
and i was carried through
right to the end...
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