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Dear Mother
This is the last time I shall write you. You know the
for life. Even death does not bring freedom. The prison
has its own cemetery and that is where its dead are
week away from you and those I love and must protect.
the journey. You would sink into misery the moment your
mind. They take you down a long dirt road that rambles
perfected since…
…Mother, how much more can I tell you about her? I know
that you will love her when you meet her. I have tried
bend. You will understand when you meet her. And again,
world and had been for nearly five years. The walls
Clive did not make his mark on walls. Clive made his
should not.
Clive has taken life from many who did not deserve that
They found him in bars and night clubs. They found him
that protect your skin from the sun. The early March
those hats from your heads and carry them away. The
beds are barren but you and Niobe know what promise the
root out the ants, and dig the dirt, and add the mulch,
the bushes. You then trim off the dead wood and prick
he had no doubt.
the easy chair that was his brain) and study the
Yours Eternally,
Clive
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Andrea Ramsey
10 Years Before
look at herself.
heart.
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before.
alcohol haze.
Ah… alcohol.
numbness spreading….
taken?
on a movie screen…
sanguine.
brain.
siren’s call.
watching.
Montana.
twisted clouds.
voice. Singing.
Rick Gilbert
years old.
and out.’
at best.
Might.
“Hey buddy…”
Twists.
white.
newborn babe.
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nasty humidity.
of violence.
flesh.
On the bed…
red”.
speak in blood.
breasts…
dry.
threatening to escape.
basketball.
“talk”.
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“Yeah?”
Got it.”
spell.
Virgil
answers.
her reflection.
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already know?’
folder.
touch.
allowed to retire.
And do what?
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world?
her past?
Barrel in mouth.
and bone.
ending.
it. Sometimes.
surface cheeks.
that.”
differently.”
Andrea asked.
didn’t.
And timing.”
better though.
attractive sight.
years ago.”
“Never been.”
you.”
“Wasn’t.”
times. Rapidly.
this year.”
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treatment.”
“Oh yes.”
at her touch.
asshole.”
it is found. If ever.
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Juvenia.’
else.
his mother.
Twilight.
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Louisiana.
level.
country.
town of Twilight.
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walking.
camp.
dead.
hygiene.
the wheel...
hair.
sepia toned.
letters:
CAPTURED!
past.
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calendar.
antiseptic.
no screaming.
Sanctuary.”
Sanctuary.
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Sanctuary
looks around.
destruct.
Sanctuary is empty.
he asks.
want?”
“Story of my life.”
“Pardon?”
“Sounds good.”
Andrea said.
small refrigerator.
“Yeah.”
your ass?
noses in here.”
friends.”
change.”
to a table.
tip,” he says.
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he asked.
is the address.”
out.”
Blake.”
“I’m….”
shirt sleeve.
at Juvenal.
and rich.
effort.
of a cleaning.
fantasy.
to the name.
all right.”
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to do?
and is gone.
seen.
view.
lived.
porch.
way.
reluctantly.
he shouts.
in question.
Andrea as he does.
forever.
driver’s license.”
proves.”
her.”
storms off.
distress.”
past.
there?’
Andrea.
stupidly.
shadows.
sunlight.
“Dear?”
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parties.
“Dear?”
there.
bitten tongue.
Slashing.
dark-red marrow.
trip isn’t?”
humilation.
wanted.
guest.”
away.
Juvenia?”
fiancée.”
meat jew”.
them.
different… older.
Did she lose it? Did she ever have one? She
it is a blur.
to play.
whirlwind of hurt.
over.”
everything.
Clive.
asks.
dresser.
limbs.
moon.
afforded him.
calm.
wanted.”
and understanding.
rise.”
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newspapers?”
to say.
a cop?”
“Not anymore.”
them to.
Nothing at all.
“...terminated.”
snorts.
“I mean since...”
you.”
loved you.”
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Clive’s Room
medical equipment.
Clymenestra called.
said.
finger.
is a fact stated.
room…
Her room.
The Shower
she shudders.
gleam.
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In The Attic
on Andrea’s body.
years.
alone?”
A PICK-UP TRUCK
STRANGE
glaring at him.
this house?”
away.
going?”
to hold it on.
history, in image.
black...”
feminine stuff.
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creak.
heard singing.”
and shivered.
was.”
Grand-Uncle Clive?”
possible.
“Really?”
“Really.”
replied.
sighed.
“Did he now?”
asked.
special?”
tomorrow.”
heard.
random page.
cut herself.
helped.
wanted to be.
Dead.
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swear to that.
mushrooms.
souvenirs.
be right.
across to Blake.
go home Juv.”
yourself a headache.”
bigot.
fuckers too!”
Dakota.”
gets up.
Andrea at Seven
“Andrea!”
Andrea.
of poison.
Again.
erection.
him.
bother.
visibly relieved.
father bellows.
tell!”
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little fuckhole!”
and fear.
cracked teeth.
linen curtain.
head bowed.
screams Eppie.
lies?”
“I mean it.”
nicknamed “Moon”.
back.
weeping.
thin face.
Slam!
girl!”
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snarling.
mashed nose.
red drops.
retreats.
here to do that.
Niobe said.
“Excuse me?”
did.”
Juvenia.”
a bad enemy.”
“He’s what?”
interfere again.”
shrugs.
put away.”
Andrea.
“He’s a fool.”
“Don’t you?”
original owner.
the woodwork!”
a blender.
was empty.
Only it wasn’t.
be enough time.
as they could.
deeply.
Clive smiles.
on Crack.
singer.”
“Troth.”
“Cliff dweller.”
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one?”
signs.
die.’
silver gray.
frantic now.
Click-click.
Click-click.
Click-click.
Click-click.
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Circles
words at her.
mocking words.
day.
swallows them.
To be replaced by a cacophony of
bunch.
others...”
hides little.
and grind.
threatening to burst.
a potential convert?
toward town.
more.
SANCTUARY
are you.”
exactly booming.”
sleeve.
“Sure can.”
“Long walk.”
there?”
there, I mean.”
exercise.”
that a pass?”
pale so quickly.
ducking a blow.
To Juvenal?”
“Where is he?”
there…”
wants to know.
that way.
dead.”
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him.
Juvenal.
“Here.”
up north?”
“Visiting.”
have?
the sheriff.
woman.”
dispersed.”
Juvenal.
the siren.
candy mints.
Blake asks.
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friends.”
Euxideos?”
drive off.
drinkers.
“I don’t know.”
a shadow alive.
the vent.
silk.
blink.
second either.
working dere.”
died.
right. I…”
“I understand.”
She didn’t.
written somewhere.”
“I don’t drink.”
response.
band.
personnel.”
him...”
him down”
yo’ hand.”
asked Niobe.
countered.
him down…”
(so to speak),
was asleep!”
though?
other end!”
Catallus!” he called.
another.
anyway?”
“To Catallus!”
him!”
“What happened?”
subpoenaed!”
“To Catallus!”
to speak!”
“To Catallus!”
“To Catallus!”
holler.”
“Television?”
On the Veranda
about my father.”
starting to burn,”
it ablaze.”
said.
“Certainly.”
movement of a predator.
skin.
A single tear.
room.
articulate.
opposite line.
brother.
if out of respect.
expect no answer.”
metal roof.
sorrow.
Clymenestra.
the room.
Clymenestra called.
started up again.
mule.”
moaning.
bartender.”
here.
you going?”
an answer.
grandfather’s memory.”
have nobody.”
blow.
grandfather.”
my failings.”
as he could hold.
Clive.”
your lip?”
“Huh?”
with me.”
am.”
spat.
generations.
illusion.
bowed.
shadows of night.
alive.”
beautiful.”
herself.
gone.”
they watched.
“Life.”
“In general?”
“Mine, in particular.”
knew.”
backward.
touch him.
walked away.
their demons.
she was?
trembled.
moved.
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replied wryly.
said.
drink.
Niobe said.
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longer.”
morning.
blue.”
“Any good?”
Clive’s.
asked.
“Your brother.”
Yuck.”
Andrea laughed.
bottle at her.
“Another?”
up something fierce.”
“Yeah.”
glass.
“I lied.”
a question.
again. Success.
caught it.
“Do you?”
I will.”
gets hurt.”
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“I know.”
“Need company?”
you are.”
that.”
“Really?”
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“Really.”
once more.
Andrea waits.
“I’m good.”
darkness.
release.
light.
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ANDREA’S ROOM
achromatopsia.
time.
Flash.
wonderful.”
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a dancer yourself.”
like you.”
do.
wrong.
closed.”
bat. Calculating.
Lose my license…”
know.
asks.
but.
wonderful.
butterfly wings.”
grows.
wake up alone.”
hard.
“So beautiful.”
“So beautiful.”
“So beautiful.”
Lower.
out in pleasure.
A gun explodes.
‘Twilight.’
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Tomato Soup
shriek…
it does not.
in lusty whispers.
lightning flashes.
in a child’s room.
of her mouth.
of phosphorus.
specifics.
room.
crawdaddin’?”
with me?”
there.”
there.
said.
intently.
“Now what?”
pronounced.
“A good rock?”
around them.
that.”
whispered.
say.
closer and...”
crowed.
menacing manner.
“Nope.”
be rude.”
on.”
so.”
it.
bugger.”
Eppie warned.
“I wouldn’t...”
again.
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Eppie’s Father
Fairies
are no fairies.”
hear them.”
herself on an elbow.
your lips?”
anything.”
Eppie.”
once.”
“Really?”
“Right. Sorry.”
Eppie.
to.”
something?”
and distant.
“Eppie?”
SHERIFF’S OFFICE
He waits.
ya?
No.
citizens of Twilight.
He just knew.
guts.
message.
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moment.
them?”
said.
“Eat them?”
flicked it away.
(beat)
“I miss him.”
too.”
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Virgil.
dear?”
sotto-voice.
crawfish.
asked.
patiently.
“Two days.”
“Right.”
“Of course.”
will you?”
around.”
beating leather.
with my feelings…”
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them.”
thoughts…“…Exactly.”
dead to me.”
ma’am?”
arrangements.”
silvered mirrors.
all right?”
Aren’t I?
“Sorry.”
the toilet.
detaching limbs.
in it.
personal space.
them.
scrawl.
Dearest Beloved,
sleep.
FLASH
FLASH
FLASH
FLASH
sculpture.
FLASH
FLASH
FLASH.
stained walls.
off.
women’s toes.
Later.
palm.
Whispers.
do…”
do wacka do.
crying out.
pleasure.
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Time
half of another.
hour.
to be seen.
his room.
strange angles.
dust.
it all meant.
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right.”
me.”
daddy was...”
sleep.”
was over.
Andrea waits.
Silent.
Nothing.
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Yet.
And yet…
Nothing.
Nothing.
animal.
breath.
for?
no longer read.
“C’mon Blue!”
call of birds.
Then…
swollen.
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that way.”
you’re eating.
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Afraid?
boy?”
right at all.
“I Go To Pieces”.
the hound.
color of dust.
closer...realizes...
Joseph…”
orifices...
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agony-fueled terror.
cut.
Clive.
forehead. “Sleep.”
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Something shiny.
do.
ftp://dingleberry:piston@tinieslikeithard.com
everything now.”
that...”
You...”
first.
Shoot.
Her.
Dead.
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A VISIT
“Yeah?”
(beat)
(beat)
“You’re what?”
(beat)
here.”
or someone.
snick as it opens.
he asks.
a...”
that.”
first hand.”
“Nothing.”
name? Ipecac?”
“Eppie.”
it quality assurance.”
list.”
the head.”
telling you.”
Stops.
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Slumps.
World.
on a corn dog.
‘lurid’.
draws them?’
visit?
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together.
rain?
looks away.
Bacharach?
pinnacle of hilarity.
crowd parts.
Then…
language of illumination.
grabs him.
Gun out.
Turns him.
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It isn’t Clive.
Everything stopped.
carnival grounds.
return.
with that?’
her face.
“Mother.”
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flame.
beloved.”
life.”
her eyes.
Clymenestra’s head.
three.
way.
here?”
same.”
that?”
fuckers....”
A riot erupts.
Eppie Gone
purple.
human being.
was empty.
“Where’s Eppie?”
“Tell me!”
the girls..”
own.
Then...
Eppie’s Father
sky.
already done.
“Eppie!”
Hysterical sobbing.
Upstairs.
“Eppie!”
at the child!
Focus on Eppie!
her head.
her?
“Eppie?”
slurred.
“All...right.”
“Where is he?”
ever to tell.
out.
she whispers.
robe.
the pain.
and squated.
for me?”
Eppie nodded.
asked.”
“Blackbird”.
time.
sound.
growing.
her chest.
Suddenly.
through illusion.
ear.
number.
felt parched.
child?”
“You’re insane.”
“The church.”
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homage.
the church.
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THE CHURCH
parts.
shatter.
church.
cistern.
The dark one had called her name and she had
come.
the rustling.
trigger, burning.
agony.
stairwell.
door.
Wood explodes.
Nothing.
corner.
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Stop. Listen.
tells herself
Andrea stands.
A cracking.
brilliance.
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razor’s slice.
my head!
again.
it back.
shifting smoke.
Silence.
Nothing.
nowhere.
Gun up.
memory.
ever known.”
“Most beautiful.”
it?”
Andrea fires.
Andrea fires.
her to him.
Andrea struggles.
He smiles.
accomplish.
Movement.
every one...”
to the floor.
off.
“Warm.”
one...”
masses.
Andrea turns.
photocopied pages.
of them.
rotation.
gets no answer.
damned.
dark depths.
Clive straightens.
Spent.
his fun.”
that a contradiction?”
He comes closer.
Only questions.”
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business.”
pain.
reaper.
jet of blood.
Above her.
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they did.
TWILIGHT
escape.
wings.
pinky.
“Is he...?”
“Yes.”
sure.
“Gone.”
“Your sister?”
“With them.”
leaving.”
here.”
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said.
I can do that.”
Even you.”
named Browning.
Leaving Twilight.
depth.
in her journal.
could be mine.”