Needle Versus Reality

the pressure builds
the burden
too much to bear
pulsing
groaning
cracking

'show me the door!'
one needle versus reality

that beautiful zero kelvin vacancy
erupts 
following 
the synthetic carbonated haze
as the earth
fizzles out

these colours 
these sounds
drowning it all
drowning me
'show me the door!'
one needle versus reality

but it's there
you're here
the further you run
the closer you come
this trickery devours you
one more time

r'thomas '10
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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