06-07-2013, 05:09 AM
Well it's not that it is broken. It may not be.
Its more like it should be broken or it is suspected that it is broken.
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My spirit is restless tonight.
It swells under a moth-eaten bed sheet
It is ancient and undulating.
Grotesque and fantastic.
A machine made up of tarnished mechanical bits and pieces
A tangle of steel cables, dented metal discs, gears, grease and bile.
Its movement erratic and covert like some varmint rustling through the leaves.
It seems to freeze in place when I try to lock on to it, its shape or intent.
Only to spasm and jerk into motion showing fleeting glimpses of what it is,
or where it is broken
Its more like it should be broken or it is suspected that it is broken.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My spirit is restless tonight.
It swells under a moth-eaten bed sheet
It is ancient and undulating.
Grotesque and fantastic.
A machine made up of tarnished mechanical bits and pieces
A tangle of steel cables, dented metal discs, gears, grease and bile.
Its movement erratic and covert like some varmint rustling through the leaves.
It seems to freeze in place when I try to lock on to it, its shape or intent.
Only to spasm and jerk into motion showing fleeting glimpses of what it is,
or where it is broken