LP record. Start. Stop. Pause.
Miles Davis spinning on the player
Kind of Blue, or Walking
(I start walking) Empty street,
Empty bus drives by; no driver in front
Horror movie façade.
My gaunt face appears on the store windows
I do not know if I am sober.
And I do not know if I care.
Absinthe bottle in hand,
I hope no cops would raid this neighborhood tonight
I have nothing else to drink but this poison water.
LP record. Change. Stop. Start.
The Ventures recording breaks as I put it on. Change to The Beatles
Rough version of Helter Skelter
(A man runs with a woman’s bag in his hand)
The old hag is lying in the alley
Her hair is drenched in blood and her clothes with menstruation
Dozens of passers-by. No one stops to help her.
I would have if I was a bit sober
Which I wasn’t sure about.
Headlines the next day: champion dog eats through town party
Bottom news: old woman dies, no claim on body.
LP record. Skips. Stop. Change. Start.
Jimi Hendrix. An old Christmas gift
Crosstown Traffic on loop.
(Lady runs me over with her Truck)
I lose my legs. Help me anyone,
Please give a hand. I could not, would not save myself
I can’t walk (and i don't really want to walk)
This grey asphalt I drench with my fluids. When I die, a tree will grow
And It’ll get in the paper. Running Headlights.
I SCREAM FOR SALVATION!
I SCREAM FOR SALVATION! I SCREAM FOR SALVATION
I SCREAM FOR SLAVE-ATION! I SCREAM FOR SLAVE-ATION!
I SCREAM FOR SLAVERY!
I SCREAM AGAINST THIS COLD DANK NIGHT
While this car would pass me by
And not one shall dare to try and save me.
*I wrote this a year ago, when I was 15, after going to a very strange party. I still remember the smell of mixed liquor and the haunting aura of whatever it was that made that evening strange. I found this again just yesterday.
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