

sunseti hope that someday, the world will fix itself, the sky will stop-flicker-stutter back from greysunset
we'll finally laugh about the way we worried holes into our lips and bared teeth for scraps.
pretend we never made the house shudder when closing doors or kept their pleading out with molding pillows the heels of our hands, cotton, fingers,
(they are silent now; we still hold our ears)
maybe we'd forgive, nod along with the suited men, their finely-sculpted tales of "did our best," "the good of all," &


Unnatural Disaster VIn the garage, Jake idled the car for a long time, staring at the cluttered with tools and tin cans all along the wall. Thoughts and images raced around his head as though on a track, so quickly that they blurred into a blank, grey screen. Disoriented, he felt a deep, guttural urge to vomit. What eventually brought him back was Michelle in the seat beside him, tapping her feet and humming to herself as she applied make-up in the tiny car mirror. Why did you bring that shit? His voice surprised him. At the same time, he became aware of his knuckles, a harsh white against the sUnnatural Disaster V


Unnatural Disaster IVIt wasnt long before Nicolas sat up. Nicolas? Michelle asked, a raspy, sore-throated whisper. Upstairs, Jake had himself locked in his parents bathroom, hands on either side of the bathtub, almost falling in but just holding himself up above it. Breathless, heart rate speeding, he kept himself propped up as his father flailed at the door. It had happened almost as soon as Jake opened the door. His dad was sitting up in bed, holding his head, eyebrows furrowed. He looked up as his son rushed in. Hey Jake. YourUnnatural Disaster IV


Unnatural Disaster IIIMr. Simonson was the sort of neighbor you were used to seeing. He was at most every neighborhood gathering and was always out in his yard; holding a hose, mowing the lawn, pulling weeds. Michelle had never seen him in anything but khaki shorts and a Hawaiian shirt, half-framed glasses perched on the tip of his nose, always sliding down along drops of sweat; rarely without his green safari hat, and only then when he used it to wave and give a jolly Heya, neighbor! smile. Now, standing in Nicolass lawn, he had only his khaki shorts, ripped and torn almost apart. His sunburnt arms and chalUnnatural Disaster III
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~Alchemic-Artists Joiiiin Usssss
=vector-artists Vectorize the world!
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an art is just the way we invent the beauty in ordinary way
s w e e t .
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"Qu'est-ce que notre vie ? un mensonge frivole
Qui sous ombre du vrai nous vient à décevoir,
Un songe qui n'a plus ni force ni pouvoir
Lorsque l'oeil au réveil sa paupière décolle."
J'ai du sang baroque jusque dans mon coeur.
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