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Five Card Story: any existence is good existence?
a Five Card Flickr story by Tempy created Aug 09 2011, 11:34:03 pm. Create a new one!
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eat the fruit, she told me, you won't regret it
i bit into the bitter flesh and juice ran down my chin
it didn't agree with me, but consented to move me beyond myself
solar systems made of plastic and glass surrounded us and we glowed too
my skin felt like bunsen burner flames and the fruit moved me beyond that, beyond the flies tapping the windows of our house
we went to a port on the other side of the world
my spirit animal was a dead fish in a pile of dead fish, but i wasn't able to figure out which one
a fishmonger nearby asked me if i wanted to buy anything
i asked him for a bus ticket home and he laughed
bus tickets are only for people who can find accept who they are and were, was his answer
i punched him in the nose and the fruit drew me elsewhere
blood dried on my fist
we went into a public library with dirty chairs and books with redrot
i pulled out a book that was older than me and the pages crumbled so i only got to read the first page
it felt familiar, somehow
the fruit was silent, but i could feel its derision
it laughed at me and i could do nothing but obey it
for the first time in my life, i hated evie and her radical ideas
when i finally returned, i could never look at her again in the same way
our children moved on and built their own lives, but we are stuck in that party, with that fruit
i feel tainted and no amount of prayer or whispering in a confessional could bring me back to that which i was
sometimes, i still try to wipe the bitter juice from my mouth and chin before i realize that it's just a memory
i will never be able to forget my reflection in the flat eyes of the dead fish
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