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The Ocean

January 23, 2015
By agrypnotica SILVER, Piedmont, California
agrypnotica SILVER, Piedmont, California
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;for whenever men are not obliged to fight from necessity, they fight from ambition; which is so powerful in human breasts that it never leaves them no matter to what rank they rise.&quot; <br /> <br /> &mdash;niccol&ograve; machiavelli, discourses on livy


he slips poppies into your veins. here. you could use this. it’s cold, too cold cold cold, but hothothot hellfire burning as he rips your roots from the ground. goodbye, continence, hello, inebriation. boil the tar, watch it bubble, mix the sugar crystals into your burnt tea with a trusty silver spoon. battery acid charges you up tab after tab sending you reeling. you are alice and he is the white rabbit’s vivacity, mad hatter’s insanity, and red queen’s ferocity. take me higher. take me to new heights i've never been before. paint me picasso, but don’t draw me dali as i melt in clocks. time is fleeting but he is here to stay. stay with me. stay stay stay. drink me eat me—but don’t leave me


The author's comments:

I tried to make this has fervishly frantic as possible, with tones of desperation. Ultimately, the piece isn't about literal drug abuse as much as its about creating one's own drug to be addicted to.


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