HOMEPAGE ARCHIVE CONTACT US HOMEPAGE ARCHIVE CONTACT US HOMEPAGE

OPUS DYSLEXIA

A JOURNEY THROUGH A MIND & A TIME

Part-1

COTTON KANDY SMILING BROKEN SKIES
& TEETH FETUS CRAWLING
THROUGH MUD PIZZA
DREAMS - EIN DIE DIE DIE

YOU ARE ALIVE & FORGOTTEN IN
THE GHETTO OF IMPOSSIBILITIES
YOU SCREAM FOR WHAT I FORGOT
SOMEWHERE IN THE GREAT
EVOLUTIONARY SEQUENCE
OF YOUR DNA BREAKFAST

YOU ARE BIG & WRITHE
LIKE FISH IN THE DECAYING
EVOLUTIONARY POOL
I HOLD OUT MY HAND
TWISTED FINGER CLAWS
THE ENTROPISTS KNIFE
A LETTER FOR YOU
CRAZED CHAOTIK SCREAMING
FROM THE WIFE OF
THE LUNA TIDE

I FINISH MY SONG FALLING
AT MAXIMUM VELOCITY
THROUGH THE MIND FLUX
OF YOUR TOTAL IMMERSIVE
SOUL
MY CRESCENDO A STAIN
ON YOUR OTHERWISE
SPOTLESS REALITY
ALL FOR 1 & ONE 4 ALL
WE ALL FALL DOWN

Part 2

DRY PEPPER CRACKED SUGAR
SICKLY SWEET HUMAN MEAT
DOCTOR MADE US FRIENDS
FIXED US UP AGAIN
FLAMINGOS DRAGGING DIRT
AND SHOES WITH
ONE HAND SHAKING
ALONE WITH ME
AND MY FRIEND

ELECTRIC FLORAL SUNDAY
DISHWATER MEDICINE
SLEEPING THROUGH THE
FRAGILE CRACKS IN THE FABRIC
OF MY INNER CONFUSION
BLIND BIRDS BLACK SPIRALING DOWN
THROUGH THEIR IMPRESSIONS
OF OUR HYPNOTIC PROJECT
THE SUBLIME CONCLUSION
A TOASTED SPARROW
ON AN OTHERWISE
TRAGIC MORNING

I PICK UP THE PHONE
AND ITS A COPY OF YOU
YOUR FACE CLOSES
PERCEPTIVE DOORS
AND SPLINTERED INTELLIGENT FINGERS
BURNT WITH THE LIGHT
OF A MILLION MOTH STAINED
NIGHTS

IT ALL STOOD STILL FOR
ONLY A MOMENT
BEFORE LIFE
SEEMED STRANGE
AND NEW AGAIN

Part 3

KNEE DEEP IN SHIT
I HAD STUMBLED UPON
THE BASEMENT OF HUMAN EMOTION
THE BLOOD JET ROSE
I STOOD CRUMPLED & CRACKLING
IN THE COLD LIGHT OF THE FIRE
THE BLACK FLAMES RAGE AGAINST
MY DIGITALLY ENHANCED SKIN
THE PETALS FELL TO DUST
IN MY PALM
AND SUDDENLY
THERE WAS THE SUN

I HEARD THE VOICES IN THE HALL
I FOUND THE SECRETS LOCKED
IN TEN THOUSAND TV COMMERCIALS
THE SUBCONSCIOUS SYMBOLOGY
A MORE THAN ADEQUATE GUIDE
TO THE MENTALITY OF OUR
MASS-HUMANITY

EVERYTHING CHANGES AT AN
ENHANCED ACCELERATED RATE
EVEN AS THE WORDS ARE INSCRIBED
THEIR EXISTENCE BECOMES
OUT OF DATE, POLITICALLY UNSTABLE
AND UNRECONCILABLY
READ

Part 4

A STELLAZINE WIND BLOWS
THROUGH THE CONCRETE CITY
THE STREETS ARE COLD & CALM
THE SUNSET A PINK JAPANESE SUICIDE
SO HONORABLY SLEEPY
SO ORNAMENTALLY OBSCURE
SO PROFESSIONALLY EXACT

I CROSSED MY EYES
AND WATCHED THE TRAFFIC GO BY

I SAT IN THE GREEN LEAF
PHOSPHORESCENT PARK LAND
I IMAGINED IT SPREAD & GREW
INSIDE & ALL AROUND ME
CONSUMING ME & EATING ME
I GOT A WARM ANARCHIST RUSH
FANTASYING REVOLUTION

AND THEN I FELL ASLEEP AGAIN
DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT ANYMORE

I WATCHED THE IMAGES FLY BY
MY EYES FLICKERED
AS THE REAMS OF TEXT
SCROLLED ENDLESSLY ONWARD
ASSAULTING ME WITH
INFORMATION SATURATION

I SAW THE GUNS & BODIES
GROTESQUE DAMAGE FROM
CHEAP HOMEMADE WEAPONS
SHRAPNEL WOUNDS AND
ARTERIES SEVERED IN
NINE SEPARATE PLACES
AN UNACCEPTABLE RISK
OF AN ANARCHIST REVOLUTION

SOFT BOOTING MY CONSCIOUSNESS
I AWOKE IN THE ARMS
OF A FRIENDLY STRANGER
HORIZONTALLY I SCANNED THE
IMMEDIATE INTERACTABLE ENVIRONMENT
FOR SOME TRACE OF MY FORMER
EXISTENCE

SHE WORE JEWELRY
MADE FROM THE BONES
OF DEAD CHILDREN
WE WERE A CIRCLE
FORMED BY DEATH
AND BROKEN ONLY
BY DYING & WE DIED
SO MANY TIMES
SHE FINALLY BECAME UNSURE
WHICH LIFE
WAS REAL & WHICH
WAS NOT

A BOOK UNKNOWN
WRITTEN RED OVERFLOWING
ASHTRAY VASE FULL OF
FLOWERS GROWN DEAD
A MIX OF CLOTHES & FEET
AND BED A PICTURE OF
YOU AND ME
INSTEAD

AS YOUR SUPPOSED DESTINY
BURNS A HOLE IN MY RETINA
I FEEL YOUR ELECTRICITY
IN THE BACK OF MY BRAIN
I ALWAYS NEW
WE WOULD BE DOING THIS
AGAIN - I ALWAYS
KNEW IT WOULD
BE YOU

Part 5

JUNK SICK SCREAMING BLEEDING
JURY BREAKFAST CHRONIC SLIDING
WAY DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE
A NEEDLE THROUGH A CAMELS EYE
THE COURT ROOM A JUDICIAL PIG STY
THE ELECTRIC MEMORY OF THESE WALLS
HOLDS NO BALANCE IN THE SCALES
OF WHITE MANS JUSTICE
THERE IS STILL
SUCH A LONG LONG
WAY TO GO THIS TIME

VENOM SPIKE - POISON PIN
EXPERIMENTING IN
ALTERED STATES AGAIN
200MG - 80MICS - 90ML
A PINCH OF BLACK SNAKE VENOM
A POUND OF FLOWERS
A QUART OF ABSINTHE
BEST TRIP I EVER HAD
MY BODY DIDN'T MOVE
FOR SEVEN HOURS

SOMEWHERE IN THE BLACK
ELECTRIC NIGHTMARE
OF YOUR TRASHED
INNER SUBURBAN MIND
I SIT LIKE BUDDHA
CONTEMPLATING RAIN
IN AN OPIATED
EXCUSE FOR
DECONSTRUCTIONALIST
MEDITATION

Part 6

YOU MOVE LIKE THE SISTER
OF THE WIND
I SAW YOU THROUGH THE TREE'S
YOUR LIPS FULL BLOOD RED
EMPOWERED FUNKY EMOTIVE STYLE
YOU SMILED A FIRE OF PASSION
AND TOUCHED MY HAND
IN A SHOWER OF LIGHTS
AND THUNDER

THIS PART IS FOR THE HEART
THAT SYNC'D ITS BEATS
WITH MINE FOR A TIME
A MYSTERY MORE MAGICAL
THAN ANY I HAD TOUCHED
FOR SUCH A LONG LONG TIME

AND FOR WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE
AND FOR WHAT WILL COME AHEAD
YOUR NAME IS KNOWN
FOR ALL OF TIME
WITHIN THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
OF MY SOUL

Part 7

AND SO WITH NO BEGINNING
AND NO CALCULABLE END
WE FIND OURSELVES SOMEWHERE
LEFT OF A RANDOM CENTER IN WHAT
CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS
A SENSUALLY PROGRESSIVE ORBIT

THE PHENOMENA
ONLY POSSIBLE
BECAUSE OF THE INITIAL
INSCRIPTION OF THE WORD
AND THE SUBSEQUENT
OPTICAL ABSORPTION & CHAOTICAL
INTERPRETATION BY YOU
IN YOUR OWN
UNIQUE WAY

THE MORNING BROKE
RED & WHITE CHECKERED
HIGHRISE TRAFFIC LIGHTS
AND RAGING ASSERTIVE
POLLUTION CHAIRS - FULLY
PROGRAMED TO RESPOND
WHEN THE GREEN LIGHT
SAYS 'GO'

I FALL BACK INTO THE SOFT WHITE
MEMORY OF MY CHILDHOOD SANITY
FOCUSING A RELATIVE POINT
FOUR FOOT IN FRONT
OF MY FACE - TODAY
I AM EXPERIMENTING WITH
VARIOUS STATES OF
VIRTUAL CONFUSION

Part 8

I WOKE TO THE ROAR
OF THE OCEAN
THE STILL WHITE SAND
ALONG THE SHORE OF THE BAY
MY PANORAMIC EXPLORATION
ONLY BROKEN BY THE
SOLID REPRESENTATION
OF ONE PERFECT GOLDEN
HIGH-HEEL SHOE

THE RELEVANCE OF WHICH
WAS CERTAINLY NOT LOST
ON ME

I STARED AT THE SUN
TILL MY EYES WENT BLACK
AND SOMEWHERE IN THE FLASH
I WAS SURE I SAW YOU

LIP KISS REMOTE CONTROL
LIFE & TIMES - LAND MINES
POPPY FIELDS GROWN WILD
FROM HEMORRHAGE & WAR

Part 9

SOMEWHERE IN THIS CRAZED
BAD-ASS - .45 OVERDRIVIN
ROCK & ROLL ADVENTURE
THERE MUST BE A LOGICAL
DEMENTIVE REASON - SOME
ALGEBRAIC NUMERIC PROGRESSION
FROM X POINT TO Z POINT
FROM Y SPACE TO X SPACE
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN
ONE RELATIVE CONCEPTUAL
TARGET AND ANOTHER

STRUGGLING TO COMPREHEND
THE WRITTEN WORD, A BIRD
FLOWN BLIND IN THE STORM
OF ELECTRIC IMPROBABILITIES
A COLLECTION OF PIECES
BOUGHT TOGETHER INTO A
LEXOTAGE OF EXPERIENCES
AND FRACTURED MEMORIES

YOU CAN GAUGE THE EVOLUTION
OF A MODERN AGE SOCIETY
BY THE CONDITION
OF THEIR ADDICTS
YOU CAN GAUGE THE
CONDITION OF THE ADDICTS
BY THE QUALITY & AVAILABILITY
OF THEIR DRUGS

YOU WANT TO SCORE
SOME CHIPZ?, I GOT THE GEAR
RIGHT HERE , ONLY THE
HIGHEST GRADE SILICON
PLUG IT IN & YOUÍLL
FEEL THE DIFFERENCE
STRAIGHT AWAY!
(THEYÍLL BE BACK FOR MORE)
(FOR SURE)

Part 10

YOUR PEOPLE, OUR PEOPLE
RED SKIN, WHITE SKIN
GREEN BLOOD, BLACK SAP
CARBON ATOMS, MOLECULAR PATTERNS
WE CAME FROM, WHAT WE
RETURN TO & THERE IS
NOTHING CREATED
THAT ISN'T PART
OF THE SAME
PERPETUAL ORGANIC LOOP

STARVED, SILENT & OPPRESSED
WE HUDDLE IN SMALL POETIC GROUPS
MUTTERING THE WORKS OF OUR
LITERALLY DIMINISHED FOREFATHERS
THOSE WHO NEVER
LET US DOWN GENTLY
WITH THEIR WORDS

Part 11

I TRACKED YOU THROUGH
THE DATA SEWERS
& INFORMATION GHETTOS
I SAW WHERE YOU HAD BEEN
ELECTRIC RESIDUE
UNMISTAKABLY YOURS
I SOCIALLY ENGINEERED MY WAY
INTO YOUR ENCRYPTED HAVEN
IT WAS THEN I REALIZED
THAT OUR OPERATION HAD BEEN
SEVERELY COMPROMISED
WE CLOSED DOWN SHOP
AND RE-BOOTED THREE HOURS LATER
IN ANOTHER TIME ZONE

BLACKLISTED & BANNED
FROM IMAGINATION FOR EVER
WE LOOK OUT ACROSS
THE POLLUTED WATERS
OUR SERBIAN SUNRISE
COUGHING MORTARS
AND SPITTING BULLETS
WE WALK THE STREETS
WITH BLISTERED LIPS
LOOKING FOR A SCORE

Part 12

STATE OF THE AFFAIRS
THEY ARE TORTURING BEARS
SO THE FINANCIAL FEW
CAN GROW MORE HAIR
WARS/CAUSE/NOISE
AND SCISSORS GET
SMASHED BY
ROCK & ROLL
MONKEY BRAINS
AND LOST, STARVING
CHILDREN DRIVEN MAD
FROM GOVERNMENT
INOCULATIONS.

WHAT DOES THE UNIVERSE MUSE
AS IT GAZES UPON OUR MORTAL RUSE
OUR OFTEN DELICIOUS
BUT SOMETIMES PERNICIOUS
HUMANITY

Part 13

AND SO IT GOES
AND TIME WILL PASS

OUR CRUMBLING LEDGE OF UNDERSTANDING
OUR ROTTEN VERANDA OF IMPOSSIBILITY
PONDEROUS OF THE
IMPENDING IMPACT
THE MASS ENLIGHTENMENT PROGRAMS
THAT ALL WENT SADLY WRONG
ALL THE RELIGIONS SINGING
THE SAME FUCKEN SONG
IF YOU KNOW IN YOUR HEART
THAT WHAT YOU DO IS RIGHT
DON'T LET THEM EVER TELL YOU
IT IS WRONG

CONSCIOUSNESS CAN HAPPEN
ALL ON ITS OWN

IT JUST TAKES SOMEONE
TO THROW THE FIRST
STONE

BY: A.D.FOX - EMAIL:CHAOS@PHASELOOP.COM

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