The Darker The Beast, The Louder The Scream

[Oden Prufrock]

The Darker The Beast, The Louder The Scream

(Performance Poem Script)

The mouthing jaws of the mountain,
its topaz eyes of winter,
the creaking regal posture
of an ancient hungry…
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I’ve no divine sword
nor Zeusian arms of judgement,
I am but a puppet
for the world to pull my strings,
make me dance
make me cry,
just please don’t make me…
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The burn mark itches
with dryness and red,
I try to scratch it off
but it’s branded me a…
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The bandage releases,
peers the demon’s face,
an ice cold wraith,
a gluttonous tyrant
freezes me in my moment of trepidation,
my moment of trepidation,
my moment of trepidation,
my moment of trepidation!
I am an animal,
nothing more nothing less,
then what am I to this monster,
what am…
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Perception is an illusion
or is it real?
What is real and not?
My fear is real.
My fear is…
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Give me a gun a sword an axe,
anything to fend this attack!
I’ll bow I’ll shit I’ll cry I…
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MURDERER, DEAD, COWARD, NOT REAL,
I AM BRAVE, I WON’T DIE!
I WON'T LIVE, I WON’T CRY!
I AM WEAK, I AM FLAWED
BUT I AM NOT A NAIL IN THE BOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAARD!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
I AM NOT A NAIL IN THE BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOARD!!!
I AM NOT I AM NOT I AM NOT I AM NOT I AM NOT I AM NOT
A NAIL IN THE BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOARD!!!
I cast you back to hell.