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Cinema In Three Parts
Dig it---
Midnight
Clap-board border town
Myopic camera zooms in
Like crosshair eye
Skin like weathered saddle bags
A belch of crows over-head
Murderous wing
Tilting & lilting
In random unison
Shifting in a pale, parched sky.
Time passes like horses
Leading a black maria.
Dig it---
Midnight
Saloon lights
Sounds of cat houses
Beautiful thieves in attendance
Twelve hours to showdown
Whole town will be watching
"Bring your guns Johnny boy-
There's gonna be trouble ".
Rudimentary gunslinger
In a cardboard hotel
Gideon bible open to Mark 5:9
Fast forward
Catacombs
Nursing homes
She rises like curdled sunshine
Ivory ribs rip at her side.
Outdoor cinema
Pageant of crosswalks
And the commune of sewers
Subway platforms
Infinity of rusty rails
Dig it---
Bangkok bordello
And the stink of fuck
Opium daydreams
Yellow fever nightmares
Blood dawn rising
Upon lurid fingers
And the still breeze
Hanging like conjugal sweat
Never to awake in my own skin again
Only as strong as the drugs I'm on.
Midnight
Clap-board border town
Myopic camera zooms in
Like crosshair eye
Skin like weathered saddle bags
A belch of crows over-head
Murderous wing
Tilting & lilting
In random unison
Shifting in a pale, parched sky.
Time passes like horses
Leading a black maria.
Dig it---
Midnight
Saloon lights
Sounds of cat houses
Beautiful thieves in attendance
Twelve hours to showdown
Whole town will be watching
"Bring your guns Johnny boy-
There's gonna be trouble ".
Rudimentary gunslinger
In a cardboard hotel
Gideon bible open to Mark 5:9
Fast forward
Catacombs
Nursing homes
She rises like curdled sunshine
Ivory ribs rip at her side.
Outdoor cinema
Pageant of crosswalks
And the commune of sewers
Subway platforms
Infinity of rusty rails
Dig it---
Bangkok bordello
And the stink of fuck
Opium daydreams
Yellow fever nightmares
Blood dawn rising
Upon lurid fingers
And the still breeze
Hanging like conjugal sweat
Never to awake in my own skin again
Only as strong as the drugs I'm on.
Published 15th Aug 2018
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Anonymous
15th Aug 2018 4:50pm
Excuse my French but this is fucking incredible.
I’m a big Von Trier fan, and this was like getting your ass dragged through an arthouse flick. The wording and the phrasing is just perfection. It’s a little insane and I like that.
Nothing about it I didn’t like. Thank you for sharing.
-M
I’m a big Von Trier fan, and this was like getting your ass dragged through an arthouse flick. The wording and the phrasing is just perfection. It’s a little insane and I like that.
Nothing about it I didn’t like. Thank you for sharing.
-M
16th Aug 2018 1:38am
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