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listen to the wall the wall whispers sweet nothings promising the world if you just give it some time and money and love and things. always more things, pretty things, sad things, hungry things, lasting things, tacky things, really fucking crazy things.
you have to give to receive says the wall and so i give give give, give, give, give i give it my shadow and my sweat i give it my dirt and my soul i give it the world as i know it and the world we wish for— my hopes and dreams and my sorrows and fears. i give til emptiness and silence and absence come spilling out in droves. i keep going and keep giving til the emptiness is everywhere and the silence is deafening the absence is full. my void starts peeking out, the black hole of being at the center of my meaning. it yearns to be free but freedom means death, the end of all things, meaning an end to the emptiness and the silence and the absence, the termination of my dead-end employment, a conclusion to the giving.
And a start to the silence.
listen to the dirt on your shoe
listen to the sweat on your neck
listen to… the fear in your heart the strings at the start the rules my dear the lies in the mirror
the wall whispers sweet nothings promising the world if you just give it some time and money and love and stuff you have to give to receive says the wall and so i give give give i give it my body i give it my soul i give it the world as i know it and the world we wish for my hopes and dreams and my sorrows and fears i give til emptiness and silence and absence come spilling out in droves. i keep going and keep giving til the emptiness is everywhere and the silence is deafening the absence is full. my void starts peeking out, my black hole of being at the center of my meaning. it yearns to be free but freedom means death, meaning the end of all things, meaning an end to the emptiness and the silence and the absence, meaning the termination of the sucking of the hole, the end to the giving.
And a start to the silence.
raw:
listen to the wall. listen to my heart listen to the mirror listen to the salt
the birds shriek the people gossip the homeless loiter the cars poiso