Sunday, December 5, 2010

November Selection #5

Demon Dreaming


In the afternoon, I laid down on the sidewalk under a tree.

I closed my eyes and slipped down somewhere between the waking world

and the one of dreams.

There I saw demons dancing around a fire, black and sketchy forms like

old woodblock prints from religious texts.

They called out to me as they danced,

We will cut off your head!

We will pull out your entrails!

We will tear you limb from limb!

I watched from some distance away as they fulfilled their promises on me.

I felt comforted as I watched, knowing that these were my demons and

that they were faithful.


--Jesse Cardin

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