Hanging by a Hair

I had a dream

Where everybody had square eyes.

It doesn’t sound like much,

But it was subtly,

And indescribably,

Horrific.

 

In my dreams,

Violence hangs like the sword

Of Damocles.

And on that night,

It fell,

Again.

 

 

 

1 Dec, 2015

Reviews

[-inactive now-]

Love the reference to the sword of Damocles. That all fit together quite well to make a powerful piece. I've been looking through your writing, I enjoy what I've found. Nice work, man :)

[Zugzwang]

Thanks Josiah,
I appreciate the review and will be sure to return the favour.

[-inactive now-]

No worries man :)

[Firebird]

Yeah that would creep me out!

[Zugzwang]

Yes, it was pretty creepy.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

made me start humming a Strawbs' song..."round and round we go, round and round and round we go"

with our square eyes...don't believe what you see in them...behind closed pupils stirs trouble.

[Zugzwang]

Never trust a person with square eyes!! They watch too much TV and everyone knows that's a bad thing. (even tho I dl stuff and play xbox sometimes)

[Gaia Octavia]

The most horrific nightmare I ever had was my cat sitting on a yellow dump truck and then the color yellow filled my entire field of vision back when I was a kid. Haha! My heart has never pounded as hard as it did since that night. It's the subtle horrors that are the most terrifying. I enjoyed your write. You win the Damocles-off 😊

[Zugzwang]

Hmmmm...not sure about that...methinks the lady is too kind.

[Gaia Octavia]

I respect your entirely wrong opinion.

[Zugzwang]

Voltaire was a hack.

[alifeacoustic]

Wow. Just thinking of how a simple change like that would leave you insane, unless maybe you had square eyes too, then that would probably be okay.
That sword always seems to have a hairline trigger.

[Zugzwang]

Not sure if I had square eyes or not, but yes, the line between sanity and insanity is an interesting thing to ponder. I have sometimes caught myself in a train of thought that was complete lunacy, and thought 'Where did that come from?', knowing that to stay in that mode of thinking would probably constitute insanity.
And the sword doesn't need much encouragement to fall.

[alifeacoustic]

Yes, I know. I get like that too. I was talking to my mum about a guy who killed, got released and killed again within hours. I went on rant mode about how that wouldnt happen if jail was being put in a cage for the full sentence and none of this xbox in the cells pampering. Before I had finished I had sentenced around half the worlds population to death. It was worrying how easily it would be to get lost in the hate. I often wonder if tyrants regret being such terrible people, then I remember I made it a crime in my fantasy where im in charge to wear orange and purple on the same day. Best to leave that box closed pandora. :)

[Zugzwang]

I one knew a guy who had an orange and purple car.

[Zugzwang]

Yes...I have been known to enter rant mode on occasion...too often for my liking.
Maybe tyrants are sociopaths, but I think a part of them knows they are awful people.
The problem is that sometimes we are awful too.

[alifeacoustic]

True dat. But was your friend suitably sentenced for his crimes against vision and taste. :)

[Zugzwang]

No, he was rich!

[alifeacoustic]

Aah, that explains it.

[Zugzwang]

Yup. He was so cool, he could pull it off, too.
And he was a great guy.
And the girls loved him
And everyone else loved him.
So I hated him.
But, really, I loved him.
And wanted to be him.

[alifeacoustic]

Yeah, one of those guys. They can just be so loveable you wanna punch him :)

[Zugzwang]

Yep. He was a legend.