on an uncomfortable surface, cold and softened from the rain a few hours ago, I’m lying still. the air moves above me like a substance— visible, almost solid.
it’s hard to define what’s falling onto me— the feet or droppings of an animal, the twisted branches of a tree, or the shadow of satellites perched atop a tall building. all are possible, all within the limits of likelihood, as I cross the boundary of the surface.
I feel the shadow, I see the long outline of a black and blue limb and the things reaching toward me, cut by that strange object, a rusting blade of steel.
June, 2025 by Demon Ego