is coming home
..................In October, I heard voices soft
fur...........................in my mind - whispering things
warm milk......................that I never would whisper.
the sound of water.........I thought it was
hackers in Palo Alto.
rain................................I told
the therapist. cold water......................She made
some notes on her pad while I talked.
blood stains....................I thought they had figured out how to
crack into our minds, and I was worried.
brown grass on the hills...
"Regulate this technology," my mind
whispered to them.
a flowered dress.............."Legalize this technology," they
whispered back.
a glass of beer.................
sleep...............................
background noise............
low flying planes.............
intermittent pain...............
the smell of green grass....
warm sun on the rocks.........................
a red front door................
cold cereal........................
working............................
making things....................
a white shirt.......................
making love......................
the children laughing..........
blue jeans.........................
potato soup......................
nausea..............................
footprints..........................
unwashed windows...........
a dark corner....................
the pine trees overhead......
walking.............................
riding................................
THE ROAR OF DESTINY EMANATED FROM THE REFRIGERATOR. Hatched from an
episode of post traumatic stress syndrome, simulating mental breakdown
with an interface that dissolves and reassembles, this hypernarrative in
progress combines "flooding" of memory flashbacks with a heightened
awareness of background noises and an inappropriate intertwining of
significant and insignificant life details.