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A car is coming! Quickly! Dodge left? Dodge right? Bam! Indecision kills.

With Apologies to William Carlos Williams and Joshua Mehigan "What earthly power can we trust?"     "Rust." The computers crashed. Everywhere. All    Over             The World. The surge of electricity     ceased altogether. Medicines lost their healing properties. Governments failed –   collapsed –     and even anarchy was too weak to                take over. National anthems lost their ability to     Stir           People's                           Hearts. Music faded into impotent silence. Art was     forgotten. Literature became black ink on paper.     The sun fled to its   Distant re

The Unexistence of Two What? Going? So soon and     Just Like That? Oh, I see. It's fear. Well I'm afraid, too. So scared of losing the Warmth to     Just My Self. I told you once In that recurring moment That it is Zero One Three Four now. Forget the break, the crevice. Duality is gone. It is     Just Our Singularity. And maybe torn organs And dark fathoms Have ripped them apart, my love, But not us. Not today. Not in my lifetime. So...     Just Lie Still.

Her Voice Screech! She screamed. A piercing, yellow sunbeam         Straight through my brain.    The sudden tart of a lemon  on my tongue. Sniffle. She cried. A soft, blue trickle         Sliding through my brain.    The smooth chill of ice  on my tongue. Seethe. She raged. A red-hot iron         Searing through my brain.    The intense burning of spices  on my tongue. Sigh… She died. A satin, violet sheet         Slipping through my brain.    The final sweet layer of chocolate  on my tongue.

A Warning in Red "F" was written and circled in red ink against the white of a failed quiz paper. Crimson x's mutilated the remainder of the page like bullet holes, but the letter with the circle jumped out at me. A wave of panic hit and sank in. The teacher whose hand had marked my failure stopped at my desk, seeing my flushed cheeks. "Don't be too upset," she said. "A quiz just lets you know where you're struggling so you'll be prepared for the test. There's always another chance to get it right. Just consider this a warning." I left the school afterward, flustered by my own stupidity. Driving away, the anger traveled through my foot to

Red Braille The world is a little louder all of a sudden. I hear everything: the television on mute, the tablecloth being spread out in the kitchen, even the cat's fur sweeping up against the door frame as she enters my bedroom. The rhythmic pounding in my chest blasts through my body and up into my head where it ricochets between my temples without mercy. My thoughts have never made much noise, but now I feel like I'm screaming with my mouth closed tight, and covering my ears won't drown it out. I'm sitting still, doing nothing, and yet sounds attack me from every side. They think I'm taking it well. I am doing a good job of faking, but