Strange Dream

from Thin Space (1995) by Mark Harrington

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and there came a little man
scratching his way across the surface of the land
etching his name across the contours of his existence
like a message in the dust

and theres voice
this voice speaking saying
from her did you rise and to her you will return

so here we are then
you and me
the clay upon the wheel
where are the fools
who boldly claim to be there own master
for is it not i who has mapped the very paths they choose to tread
they are spread across the heavens
for all who have eyes to see

look, i can see your cities rising
like splinters in earths flesh
your machines
piercing, sucking
like tiny mechanical parasites

see how these small wounds fester
a poison seeps and creeps
with large eyes and thin fingers
and then like some huge pregnant queen
she'll lay her eggs within you

and i'm running
i'm running but i can't get free
and i cry father, help me
theres something inside
i can feel it
i can feel it stir
i can feel it struggle

so tell me father
how long have you deceived me
how long have realized
that as you feed the child you nurture the beast
father, help me
for it has taken me

and i'm running
and as i'm running i'm tearing at my face and arms and body
scratching the scales from my skin
bloodied hands, wet fingers
layer after layer
but there is no end

and now i lie still
i watch the poison flow
there it goes ...
and i smile
perhaps there is an end after all
here it comes

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from Thin Space (1995), released January 1, 1995

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NZ-born instrument maker and musician, now living in the south of Argentina ... designer/builder for Dragonfly Tapping Instruments.

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