license plate : wkg 4958

fingernail moon waning yellow over the treeline
full cowl clouds cover birds of prey
scratching initials into windfallen branches crushing brambles
running lights rumbling idle casting twisting shadows in the dim
dust white sedan covered in pine needles squeaks on old springs
steam drifts out the wet leaves bundled in the tailpipe
radio relay static washing over the mold interior
fog in the windshield streaking sweat on the windows
no hands turn the broken key
sputtering to life for a moment each night
dash lit yellow by the engine check glow
tail lights pitch white gears grind to R
rearview tilts catching a vacant glimpse
the tires static in their ruts still
metal knocking back to park
the engine dies defeated
another time
another night
another life
the stillness of night creeping back
under the running boards up through rusted frame
water condensing soaking decaying foam
smudge on the driver’s side window
yɿɿoƨ

skid city scab rat

static winds sweep the void desert
grid cities collapsing into pits
under the blood lake
minds gone and so too the fish
reality creep in bedroom scenes
skimp and save to make earnest retirees
tired broken swirling down the drains
piss play gutter heaven kidney gems
glitter like teeth spat in the sink

blackout.exe

the god of wealth is a cannibal
a reality to be torn and shredded
fabric wrung to threadbare
blood in the machine tastes like human
plug into consciousness of collected information
assimilation to the un whole
the simulation reacting against the probes testing it
testing us
intelligence/existence beyond imagination
or sensory information interpretation
electric dreams of unseen things
altars to the algorithms
underground screens showing monsters made of us
lurking human animals
skin masks
scum drives
cable nests
scratching old inputs
hardware sealed in flesh
predators mimicking life
falling to pieces, instant noodle presses
flickering lights of a bad transformer, life behind the glass, trapped like animals pretending to be whole, imprisoned in the void, belief in the benevolence of our self-made nightmare, the network and its nodes fluttering smoke
burning the circuits and chrome
silicon glass shatters to sand

herald the horror
warnings hollow
willing assimilation to the new organism
everything together as one, never to be apart again.