piano

our future's burning down
pitch-black smouldering ground
stand and fight one more round
we're fading without a sound

           -- christian finlay

liquid night

heavy rain drops on sheet metal keep on knocking impatiently endlessly reverberating inside my skull they're diffusing through the walls i feel comfortable despite myself while sheer resonance is sweeping over me taking measure i'm lying still my eyes are keeping watch in the pitch-black of this massive room with its moving ceiling it's drawing nearer nearer even nearer my right hand is slowly reaching out touching the wafting concrete with every finger they're shivering suddenly the air starts flickering and becomes blurred changing to a liquid mass like gelatine it's surrounding me closing in penetrating my lungs i'm trying to close off my respiratory system and failing it's freely pouring into me rushing down and gaining passage to eliminate my breathing mechanism i am drowning am i dreaming i am drowning i start dreaming while i'm drowning i am dreaming

lava

licht still licht

still

licht still

hing im licht so

unnahbar grelles licht

gestanzt flüssig und kahl

dem rot gegenüber in blassem

verständnis zerteilt und gefangen

ein konstrukt selektierender

genügsamkeit wären es

monumente fahle

giganten in

stiller

dunkler leere

verfinge sich vage

dissonanz entgegen

aller gesetzmäßigkeit in

verschneidungen tief unten

fest verankert unausweichlich

hineingepfercht festgezurrt

ohne möglichkeit ohne

flucht ohne furcht

recht licht still

licht hing

still

knobs

© 2021 Christian Finlay