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Worm

We feel it.

The low tenor and shimmering soprano

it fills us with a teasing rhythm

 

Unbearable

 

Amidst the warmth of a shallow breeze

we dance

Kindled by a glimmer of fading fire

we writhe

 

With intent we make our way

from our warm bed in the grass

to climb together to alpine heights

nestled where we can best reach

The edge, the rim through which gods create

that dark abyss which sustains us

 

With an abrupt rush, we are lifted and consumed

There, the briefest glimmer of sparkling white

and we fall,

pushed by muscular cadence

Plunge. Float...

And finally pulled

Here we move,

Rostellum pierce the pitch

Then feverishly,

Happily

We rook our God

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Written by
sean-winslow
American
Published
May 11, 2010
Lines·Words
25·116
Notes

I intend this piece to be open to interpretation. This initially grew from an attempt to go beyond my comfort zone. I was provided key words that must be used to get credit for the assignment. From this I imagined that the reader would take the perspective of (one or many) tapeworm grub on their (its) journey (one I had imagined to be more a sacred pilgrimage) to a host in the hopes of being consumed.

Copyright ©2010-2013 Sean Winslow All Rights Reserved

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