refusing to back downthe nether beast rears it’s wounded faceone eye still goodeven after I shot itI’m hurt tooI’m stuck in a world that cant see itindignant despairthe end the beginning of itand other liesscreeching and clawingcan’t fuckin sit stillmaking people nervousthis motherfucker won’t shut upand nobody’s talkingtrying to warn them about metrying to warnContinue reading “Nether”
Author Archives: Dan Silva
Chasing down the waterfall
A great swath of darkness dogs my every steptells me thingswhispershowlsoccasionally same story jaws-deep in a goddamn bottleI swear there’s a good woman in one of these things…that lady in the bottom of the bottlethe idealized omnipotence etherial femininity the oldest cliche amongst the dispossesed Washout strays stricken with mangepus-eyed, hungry gazes tear open thetaqueriaContinue reading “Chasing down the waterfall”
The Burned One
An old man stumbles down the side of the road eyes sunken, skull worn away, 3 teeth he wears an old coat and he’s exactly where God put him in the slums of 5th ward, with his house made of garbage and his yard littered with needles the sun is setting over this proto-cyberpunk dystopiaContinue reading “The Burned One”
Fly away, God Said
Little black and white birds fleeting and chattering telling me little secrets of the Other Side sometimes screeching sometimes mocking sometimes they sing little songs and give me complicated ideas that my smoothe, reptilian brain cannot piece together The little black and white birds have been travelling here from far away, and their numbers willContinue reading “Fly away, God Said”
Radiation Sickness
That Backwater Glow More fire in the sky I must play the strings I have to play if I cannot play the strings I cannot tell the story …… such a monstrous creation fucking hideous i had a dream about it again last night had six arms sewn onto it’s sides they all had butterflyContinue reading “Radiation Sickness”
The words of The Withering Corpse
Blind ignorance Mournful place in life spiritual Incarceration Gorgeous entropy Fall down Set back in your seat. yes. sit down. now rest your head on the barrel God has said No You’re too spiteful Too Paranoid Too ungrateful I am sick because I Miss the way she would….. Ungrateful Undeserving Blessed are those who grinContinue reading “The words of The Withering Corpse”
Wanderer
splash a little blood here and there, sweet thing this room could use some color The other man will be here soon Charlie Snake Eye Charlie fuckin Snake Eye Charlie’s coming there’s not enough light or color or self respect in this room I’m sure Charlie will not be happy Charlie Fuckin’ Snake Eye CharlieContinue reading “Wanderer”
(For those who did not die young)
Predications of a felon not far off from the thoughts of a dying man In the mind of every outlaw there’s the hope for redemption the hope for the opportunity the chance to wipe the blood from their reckless youth and finally have a reason to be kind to themselves After the years on theContinue reading “(For those who did not die young)”
Life and Death in the City
The sunset turned the skyline into a blue and orange heaven The world does not bite as hard and this lone star is damn cold …… This city of gold and oil and blood this cowboy wasteland I have been wondering things and feeling certain ways about how I move around here I do notContinue reading “Life and Death in the City”
(Sleep)
There’s that spectre again I stared too long into the vastness of the night sky again I ran too close to the bullshit Icarus archetype only difference is I been burnt for years. centuries, possibly (Intermission) Their boots cracked against of the thickness of my skull my right eye, (and most of that side ofContinue reading “(Sleep)”
The Night Watch 