beast raze you put the beast to sleep to spare yourself the inconvenience of her overtures. all she did was move a chair you weren't going to sit on anyway. a hypodermic needle to the hip, and her eyes go wide. i wake beside her. a thin coat of blood colours our backs. this strange red salt isn't hers. or mine. she says she's always been here. she's the scar vertigo and fireclay made when i was too weak to break my fall. she's the wild thing that bit into my heart each time i sank to my knees. she's the poison that's kept me alive this long. so i stand to face her and wait to be devoured again. 221101 ... Soma When the darkness purrs Flexing claws like a cat When the ground starts to cave Underneath where you’re sat When all water quiets And birdsong goes flat The beast in our bloodline Looks something like that 221105 what's it to you? who go blather from