7:13 Kim At first she thought the crackling was the static in her mind. But then the harsh intake of a breath pulled at the darkness, there was the clatter of a chair against the floor, and a higher voiced one of Them screamed, all breath and primal fear, “What are those?” Kim cracked herContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 7:13”
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Enter The Woods – 7:12
7:12 Kim Kim’s lips moved on the opening line of Poe’s Hey Pretty. Sounds came out. And then were just gone. It should have bothered her, losing pieces of herself like that. But so much of her was already gone. What were a few words? “What’s she saying?” “Singing. She’s singing.” “What’s she singing?” “LikeContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 7:12”
Enter The Woods – 7:11
7:11 Kim The carbon nanotube beach-tumbleweed of her mind is still. It does not shift. It does not twist. It lays flaccid, the once dense, bright, condensed tangle a stainless steel scrubber used rough, pulled out, loose, holes gaping in the once tight weave. Exhausted. She doesn’t even twitch when the pulse comes, just staresContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 7:11”
Enter The Woods – 7:10
7:10 Kim A carbon nanotube beach-tumbleweed, a kinetic sculpture that never stops shifting and changing its configuration, it is easy to get lost in the chaos of her mind. She no longer had the energy to keep moving. Better to just get lost in the drifting, shifting strands, bulges in the length swollen rotten fruitContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 7:10”
Enter The Woods – 7:9
7:9 Kim A carbon nanotube beach-tumbleweed, a kinetic sculpture that never stops shifting and changing its configuration, it is easy to get lost in the chaos of her mind. Unless someone was incessantly combing her hair, and whispering, “Rapunzel.” Kim turned her head slightly away from the tug of the comb, slight being all theContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 7:9”
Enter The Woods – 7:8
7:8 Kim A carbon nanotube beach-tumbleweed, a kinetic sculpture that never stops shifting and changing its configuration, it’s getting harder to get lost in the chaos of her mind. The chaos would be a gift. Instead she’s found the cold, dead, empty place that used to be her retreat. That place that used to takeContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 7:8”
Enter The Woods – 7:7
7:7 Kim A carbon nanotube beach-tumbleweed, a kinetic sculpture that never stops shifting and changing its configuration, it is easy to get lost in the chaos of her mind. Eyes closed, breathing deep and slow, Kim traced the patterns in the darkness behind her lids. Bright flashes of neon dragged her mind from the swirlsContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 7:7”
Enter The Woods – 7:6
7:6 Kim A carbon nanotube beach-tumbleweed, a kinetic sculpture that never stops shifting and changing its configuration, it is easy to get lost in the chaos of her mind. Keep your feet moving, your arms churning, and always keep a step ahead so the spun-sugar strands the color of a happy childhood don’t catch you.Continue reading “Enter The Woods – 7:6”
Enter The Woods – 7:5
7:5 Kim A carbon nanotube beach-tumbleweed, a kinetic sculpture that never stops shifting and changing its configuration, it is easy to get lost in the chaos of her mind. Keep your feet moving, your arms churning, and always keep a step ahead so the spun-sugar strands the color of a happy childhood don’t catch you.Continue reading “Enter The Woods – 7:5”
Enter The Woods – 7:4
7:4 Kim Your mind wants to convince you the strands, the color of a happy childhood, are spun sugar that will dissolve beneath the liquid spill of tears, releasing you from their sticky, cloying cocoon. But they’re not. They’re fiberglass caught in a whirlpool; each strand a gossamer fine razor leaving microscopic slices as theyContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 7:4”
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