subnotic

Shadows of past times written in stone chronicles

Life and Death

Tales from the trenches unmanifested beneath every street

Where reality ends and illusions begin

It’s hard to tell

Corporate fictions among men of power

Corruption in action

The hard and fast rule: never lose focus

Anywhere you look dollar signs will grab your attention

Who’s the next favorable victim

I trample the dragon-city under my foot

Out the corner of my eye aimless man No. so and so

Ripped up fingerless gloves

Counting his dumpster change

Seeking hope in his wrinkled up dollars

Haunted pockets

The devil reigns in his veins

Forever trying to seek expression

His walk is clay thick with misery

Whatever

Sirens drowning mysteriously throughout the concrete jungle

Wild beast hollering down the A, C, E line

Blue sparks strike on the track

As it rip roars beneath hells kitchen

Smoke thickens

The craze of heat rises

Welcome to Times Square

Having wits doubles the dangers

And on the streets where some live it’s not safe for strangers

Blazing skyscrapers flare up into the sky

Burst of Camera Sparks explode smoothly from the windows high up

Royal Inspirations flow through the dusk

My head is spinning and drifting in silence

The sense of another world

Think twice Manhattan crime wave it’s all around you

Look up who sprayed graffiti in the air?

Spellbinding deceit

Vixens with globes of fire rolling in their eyes

Ash everything behind men sworn to secrecy

Eyes like sharp edged knives thirsty to cut

Promises that lead any victim brazen to wander astray

The lands of sensual pleasure

Spikes and chains

Dreams and desire

Fire and heat

The intoxicating realm of forbidden passion

Pursuing dark sides

Breathtaking colors dripping

Candy apple red

Wet like rain on car windows

Femme fatale

Phantom news headline: Man missing since he got lost

Change of scene: The image is that of fantasy in the flesh

Dancing men into the luxurious rush of sexual energy

Smooth ice is paradise fulfill your hopes and dreams

Find your purpose

Be on fire

Step into this mixture of lust and cruelty

A real seekers fortune

Love risk live

Like an endless flow of wine this other-world never sleeps

Immortal vibration

Author's Note

tell me what you think

Reviews

[Alexandria Reece]

I was speaking this aloud as I read it and I felt power! You captured it in your words and brought it back out for the reader... I feel inspired and I love the way you view seemingly normal, easily ignored situations. Some people try very hard to write about that sort of thing, but it comes off very average... like some post modern nonsense dried of anything that would have qualified it as artistic. Not you, however! The way you view things and are able to make networked sense of them and how you display them on the page is phenomenal! Keep it up, I'm definitely a fan. This should be lyrics!!

[Emily B]

the voice sounds familiar