Flisek, Chris

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10 Hsmdlh©~d~ ~Ul ~r~~Y diru nisei Try to understand the theory of the bullet . Weigh every option . Stare into the phallic abyss of the gun. Fall into the blackness of the shaft and try to get a grip on something . When you are surrounded on all sides by unending smoothness you realize there are no handholds in purity. Try to place the barrel of the gun in your mouth. Let your tongue caress the tip like a whore giving head to a machine whose only climax is death. Lick the head of the dragon and receive its fire . Try to remember a sunset . A fire untouched by handholds and disfigurements . A fire of beginning not a fire of endings . Look into the grey abyss imagine the purity no handholds of safety The dragon only wants out wants to be with you wants to show you the way to purity. (Remember the sun and hold on . ) r " He knows . I've finally tc He came up for a summe a picnic table. He's loo~ing University's library· He s w Rolex. 1 look across his chest . area behind him . Dry dirt t the grass away there with 1 Piles of dirt sit humped clos expanded. . . His immaculate shirt 1s : hear him say something ab kicking up dust , and the w yellow machine sits firmly , He says , "Why couldn The movement behind I couldn't--and it strikes me change and divvying-u~ o Hall's solid, set proport•or He's been talking alon~ you from being who you 8 could. There's something els passing near us , somet~r tion . People on the penr too. But people having t they're hardly glancing a1 "So . you're staying tl wind is gusting. Far bel tints a thick line of trees others hard . Up front a sure . The wind swirls l undersides of leaves· I while his shirt is always A baby blue port-a-site. It's the color of a 

Handholds in Purity

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