‘I miss music the most. Real music. Synth. Bass. Heavy bass. Trance. Keys. Sub whoofers. Ecstasy. I miss ecstasy. Goose-bumps during work that day. Half a pill to get you ready. Meticulously crafted bombs, timed to bring you up as your heel hits the dancefloor and the track melts, entering your consciousness by osmosis. Baggies to dab from, keep you level, keep you on an even keel, keep you purgatoried between twilights. Glacial water on tap to swill powdered bitterness from your mouth, to run against the back of your neck and raise the hairs on your arms. Nothing but you and the DJ who, for all you care, is the messiah.
Continue reading “Before the Cataclysm”The Last Train to Leave Tokyo
The last train to leave Tokyo
– bound for the West
and a promise –
clacks its typewriter clacks
along the rails hugging
our home; an ugly day
which leaves our gutters
swollen and cold.