Prologue: Cup under a Parasol by TheSleep, literature
Literature
Prologue: Cup under a Parasol
On a dusty old road in the middle of a rural somewhere, the sun peered through the trees. Its loving gaze peered over the top of the foliage. Cast now in its adoring eyes was the lonely cut of road pushing through the forgotten back country. On this isolated patch of civilization was the crumpled form of Finian Clay; right next to the further crumpled form of a porcupine. A porcupine that was a little too slow to avoid a passing vehicle. Needless to say, the porcupine didn't look well. Finian wasn't much better off.
Finian woke up. Which was strange, seeing as he didnt remember falling asleep. He certainly didnt remember falling
All thought is an extension of by TheSleep, literature
Literature
All thought is an extension of
perfection as a human
need not take more
than a loving inspection
of a birds exposed limb
for here we have
function, form
steely elegance
with a lingering sense
of envy
Gather friends! And gather close, for a story of a hummingbirds flight!
The tragic tale of a feathered sampler of such carnal earthly delight.
He lit her perch, a glorious figure of rich blue breast and cowl.
Head full of vigor, and heart full of purpose, a peacock of a fowl.
Lo, on her nest he pushed, an attempt to win her graces.
But quickly did he run out of steam, and red were both their faces.
So, ladies when your nest needs settling, call not the young ones first.
For no matter how graceful, how powerful, how handsome: His pride will quickly burst.
I heard you had a new man from your friend in the market. I was shocked at first, then enraged. Then I wondered:
Does he kiss you like I did? Does his mouth caress yours gently? Does his tongue waltz with yours in rhythm? Is his breath hot on your lips? Do his teeth slide across your red lips, pricking your nerves, making your blood pulse and flow?
These are thoughts that I cannot help but allow to slither in the reptilian base of my brain. A place draped in silence for my most private desires. For all the resentment that I harbor, all the moments where I have wanted nothing more than to ravage your skin with torrid words; I hope somewhere
I want you as a fine novel.
Leather bound in loving care.
Caressed in a soft hide, lovingly primal.
Gloriously sophisticated.
A decadent tension along your spine masterfully placed by artisan hands.
Something that creaks with the pressures of my able fingers.
I want to pour over your pages.
To revel in your text, get lost in your phrasing.
To feel you at my fingertips, have you bared for my eyes, to explore your language with a willing tongue.
I won't miss a thing you have to offer for I am a patient, able student.
Only to eager to incorporate you into my own works.
To bend your materials to my own desires and context.
I
I want you as a fine novel.
Leather bound in loving care.
Caressed in a soft hide, lovingly primal.
Gloriously sophisticated.
A decadent tension along your spine masterfully placed by artisan hands.
Something that creaks with the pressures of my able fingers.
I want to pour over your pages.
To revel in your text, get lost in your phrasing.
To feel you at my fingertips, have you bared for my eyes, to explore your language with a willing tongue.
I won't miss a thing you have to offer for I am a patient, able student.
Only to eager to incorporate you into my own works.
To bend your materials to my own desires and context.
I
I heard you had a new man from your friend in the market. I was shocked at first, then enraged. Then I wondered:
Does he kiss you like I did? Does his mouth caress yours gently? Does his tongue waltz with yours in rhythm? Is his breath hot on your lips? Do his teeth slide across your red lips, pricking your nerves, making your blood pulse and flow?
These are thoughts that I cannot help but allow to slither in the reptilian base of my brain. A place draped in silence for my most private desires. For all the resentment that I harbor, all the moments where I have wanted nothing more than to ravage your skin with torrid words; I hope somewhere
Gather friends! And gather close, for a story of a hummingbirds flight!
The tragic tale of a feathered sampler of such carnal earthly delight.
He lit her perch, a glorious figure of rich blue breast and cowl.
Head full of vigor, and heart full of purpose, a peacock of a fowl.
Lo, on her nest he pushed, an attempt to win her graces.
But quickly did he run out of steam, and red were both their faces.
So, ladies when your nest needs settling, call not the young ones first.
For no matter how graceful, how powerful, how handsome: His pride will quickly burst.
All thought is an extension of by TheSleep, literature
Literature
All thought is an extension of
perfection as a human
need not take more
than a loving inspection
of a birds exposed limb
for here we have
function, form
steely elegance
with a lingering sense
of envy
She couldnt hear the thunder, but she could sense it in her bones, the way wild beasts knew to flee a tsunamis wave. Her pulse beat in time with the subsonic rumble, and she was sure there was something unnatural about the coming storm. She stood from her workbench, leaving a half-done pewter vase to be finished later, her steady rhythm upset. The day had begun as beautifully blue as any fine spring day, but there was nothing as depressing as a hard city downpour.
She could almost feel the rain on her skin. The sensation raised goose bumps along her forearms and she shivered, too-blue blood pounding in her ears. The first drops
I hurt. I hurt everywhere.
There is a dull ache in every movement. Every ligament, muscle and tendon groans with exertion when I shift my weight.
Anyone whom is involved with a combat sport of any type can tell you that you will work body parts that you didn't know you had. But, a grappler of any type can intimately describe the intimate feeling of a muscle stretch. The slow tear of skin, the tender points of flesh in which contact was made too forcibly. Tender points where blood will pool and bruises will form.
I am black, purple, green and yellow. I would not trade it for the world.
I have this habit of wrapping my hands in boxers wraps when I'm stressed. It's a meditative art. Ensuring the wrist has proper support, the knuckles are covered and that the thumb is supported. Taping between each finger to keep the bands from slipping. One doesn't want to skin their knuckles on the heavy bag. Inspect the wraps, make a fist, then restart.
I don't know why it makes me feel better, but it does. This rite of promised violence brings me strange calm and peace.
I think I've done it at least a hundred times today.