Tuesday, November 3, 2009

insects

There are insects on the bathroom floor, coating it with slime and excrement. Black, quivering insects, trembling onward on a bed of goo. They chance upon beings thriving in the gaps between ceramic tiles. Some are eaten, pre digested. Others, with the smell of death on them, are left alone.
Buried in the insects’ animal unconscious is the notion of a place full of darkness, dirt and moisture, whose doors lie concealed beneath a tangled mass of skin and hair.
Across the tiles the insects quiver, leaving behind a tell-tale trail of slime and excrement.
As the insects approach their destination their bodies begin to harden. They burrow quickly through the clumps of hair and skin. They find the doors and slip through. And in the cool darkness of their underworld, they begin to feast on the filth of centuries as their bodies metamorphose.

4 comments:

  1. seriously, i'd love your dealer's number. you'll be doing me a huge favor. thanks.

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  2. I love your dark mind. You are sort of a Maldivian Tim Burton ;)

    Your dark morbid imagery shows an extremely intelligent and healthy mind at work.

    It may be easy to construct nightmares in pictures but few people can describe nightmares in words. Keep 'em coming!

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  3. I like the form and the horror you suggest, but hey, one lifeform's filth is another's food. Are we any different in this respect?

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