rottenart

slowly, slowly we danced away.
as the music burned and the walls fell.
all of us screaming and writing it down.
hiding in cupboards
and falling off cliffs.
slowly, slowly we danced away.
until the world ended and we all
laughed out loud.

The Hospital


At 2:00 in the morning,
like it is now,
when the pump,
wheezing gears and tubes,
began to move,
my father drew circles in the air,
to occupy the hours,
high on pain and painkillers,
the night after and the years before,
unable to speak;
I watched,
eyes dark with youth,
fatigue,
not understanding,
until later,
when dinner plates,
portioned off with care,...
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The Thief


There was a fever chill in the air as Thomas stepped out of the house into the night. He shivered slightly and walked up the road to the corner store. The garish green neon sign blinked intermittently and it hurt his eyes to look at it. A whoosh of warm air greeted him as he walked through the automatic sliding doors and it...
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Prayer for 1952


Oily white shirts
cover flaccid pink flesh,
deep in the woods
where disease likes to fuck.

Our father,
who art in heaven,

Crackle of cow-skin
gets them aroused,
a scythe in the night
to break open skin.

shit upon your name,

It was dry and pleasurable
that primitive rape,
with screams full of blood
and clotted with pus.

Thy kingdom cums,
and...
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the girl with glass eyes
she's a perfect replica
she's bursting with plugs and wires
and she talks so technical.

she won't ever feel your pain
and she never wears a frown
she'll never disdain
the things that spin you round.

but she knows not what she does
and she knows nothing of love.

she just wants you to turn her on

the girl with...
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the farm

the wind was ripping across the fields and the cornstalks were waving back and forth like an enthusiastic audience. Finch stood with his back to the setting sun watching the plants reflect the golden rays. it would be harvest tomorrow, and he was looking forward to climbing into the old threshing machine and riding it across the plain. it always made him feel...
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The Dentist

One day, Charles decided he wasn't going to be a dentist anymore. He hung his white coat in its usual place and said goodbye to his secretary like he did every day. In the elevator on his way down he paid particular attention to the buttons on the panel. As he walked out into the late afternoon light, he noticed that there were...
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well, the show was awesome. great art, great crowd, great food, awesome fucking bookshop! Josh, my hat's off to you and your awesome show! for anyone who doesn't know, go check out Bookbeat & Co. RIGHT FUCKING NOW! cheers to shiloh for putting up with the delays...


afterwards we couldn't have hoped for a cooler afterparty. it wasn't really in honor of us, but we...
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As the new flood approaches,
grey-green surrounds.
Float above the current
like driftwood.

The valves are opened,
emotion comes pouring.
Deep beneath the surface
of the murky water.

I have a hold on me,
latched against the stream.
Air-tight and useless
for all intents

and purposes.



cheers, everybody.

well, i have things to report from the Rotten front...

First off, and i know some of you are going to back me up on this, The Office from the BBC RULES!!! go download a couple episodes or be all legal and buy the DVD. you will not be disappoionted.

Second, The band, tho i've already plugged it in the SGOK group, is playing at...
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