Submissions by notDAHLIA (Claire D. Hawthorne)

the clock strikes quarter to.
inaudible chatter
drowns out what isn't said
but what is oh so conspicuously
thought of.
my eyes are glossed over
with exhaustion
with sadness
and my body's a mixture of emotions
bursting at the seams.

time's run out.
the little chime sounds, mocking me.
her voice springs out from a shaking box
screaming tales of a warning.
the clock is ticking down.
only a quarter to
the end.

and they just continue on.
music blares (just to add to the mayhem, of course).
brilliant.
but...

bzzt. bzzt.

that gentle vibration
shoots a spark up my leg.
i grasp where it began.

a smile
drawn upon my lips.
that telepathic connection sounds.
ringing in my ears.
it's him.

i slide it out of its shelter.
eyes grow hungry.
it's him.

he brings satisfaction every time.
a soft little smile
that purrs for more.
i hold it; grasp it; love it.
vision jolting back and forth.

i want to respond.
my mind's begging for words i can't say.
a scream for him to know
my pleasure, my love.
...