It never rains here
Never?
Never.
Never is a very long time.
Here? Yes and No.
If there's no water, then there's no life here?
We're here.
I don't know about you, but I'm still not certain I'm not dead and this is Hell or Purgatory or Limbo.
I thought they got rid of Purgatory and Limbo.
No. They just expanded the Pales of Hope.
Ah.
Silence, and the wind.
The water is the life.
No, the blood is the life.
Yes. But blood is mostly water.
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Genesis?
And Deuteronomy... The New Testament. Old YHWH has a thing about blood.
silence, and the wind.
If there's no water, what do we drink?
We don't.
If we get thirsty?
Doesn't happen.
Hungry?
Not here.
So, we appear to have bodies, but we don't really have bodies?
Good question.
Silence, and the wind.
Huh. It moves doesn't it?
What?
The Cathedral, Temple, whatever the hell it is. It moves.
I'm not sure if it moves, or if it's the one fixed point here, and The City moves around it.
And the Bridge?
It... is....
Silence, and the wind.
I lost my watch somewhere.
No. Time doesn't... I... You can't bring a watch here, I tried, nothing that measures time. Was it a wristwatch?
Yes.
You'll have it when you go back.
You're sure I'll go back.
Yes.
What am I supposed to do then?
I don't know.
Silence, and
The Wind.
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Friday, May 5, 2017
Number Six
Beat me here this time. She stiff?
Not yet.
We're gettin closer....
Dream on....
Huh. So... if I'm countin' right, this makes what... six?
Yeah, she's number six.
Six.
Got any idea how long ago.
Not long. Still warm, no rigor.
So just before sunrise.
Looks like it.
He doesn't seem to like the light.
Most of 'em don't.
Yeah, well this guy ain't like most of 'em no matter what way you look at it.
No shit.
You guys just document the scene and tag an bag her?
Pretty much.
Just to confirm, no eyes?
No eyes.
No other apparent trauma?
Nothin.
Huh.
You guys seen this before?
Yeah, that's why we're here. We're special.
I gathered. I wonder how he did it.
Did what?
Removed her eyes so clean, I mean look, no bruising, no lacerations or damage to the eyelids, no blood, no apparent damage at all to the orbits, usually when you get an eye gouged out it's a mess... but see? The sockets look clean, almost, I don't know, not cauterized, there's no evidence of heat... it's just... like they just disappeared, it's fucking weird.
No shit.
You doing the autopsy?
Nah, I'm not a pathologist,
Know who'll get this one?
Uh, whoever's on rotation for today, if they get to it.
Oh they'll get to it today. I'll guarantee that.
Uh... OK.
Tell ya what, I'm gonna follow these guys in and talk to whoever's in charge here.
Hah! That would be you.
True, true. Anyway, I want you to hang out here. Does she have the mark?
Not that I could see, but it might be under her clothes, won't know till they get her on the table. But I haven't seen anything.
If there's no mark that means our friend hasn't put in an appearance yet , so maybe you can keep an eye out for him while I get things moving officially.
Oh man, this call got me outta bed! I haven't had any breakfast yet.
Life's a bitch.
Then ya die.
Hungry, in your case.
I'll bring ya somethin when I come back. I shouldn't be too long.
Sausage Mcwhatever.
Those things'll kill ya, ya know.
Says the man who smokes cigars.
laughs
Coffee?
Coffee.
Ok guys. I'm following you, so don't be runnin any red lights, or I'm gonna be pissed.
No sir.
Hey, before we go I got another question.
Yeah?
Any 'a you guys seen a cat?
A cat?
Yeah, a white cat. Real pretty, kinda seems to glow.
Don't think so. Any of you see a cat?
Donnoh. I think I mighta seen something as we pulled up. But I wouldn't swear to it.
Who called it in?
It was a jogger found her.
You got info?
Yeah we got her name and a number. Who was it... Kowalski? yeah, she was the patrol officer, took her statement, she was pretty shook up. Probably won't be runnin on this trail again any time soon.
Good.
When you get my Bona Fides, I get that info from ya.
Won't ask for it now, since you don't know me from Adam. Cept of course for the Badge and the ID, but I could be anybody.
Uh, right.
'K, let's get this started. The sooner we catch this bastard the sooner we all go home.
Don't forget my coffee!
Not yet.
We're gettin closer....
Dream on....
Huh. So... if I'm countin' right, this makes what... six?
Yeah, she's number six.
Six.
Got any idea how long ago.
Not long. Still warm, no rigor.
So just before sunrise.
Looks like it.
He doesn't seem to like the light.
Most of 'em don't.
Yeah, well this guy ain't like most of 'em no matter what way you look at it.
No shit.
You guys just document the scene and tag an bag her?
Pretty much.
Just to confirm, no eyes?
No eyes.
No other apparent trauma?
Nothin.
Huh.
You guys seen this before?
Yeah, that's why we're here. We're special.
I gathered. I wonder how he did it.
Did what?
Removed her eyes so clean, I mean look, no bruising, no lacerations or damage to the eyelids, no blood, no apparent damage at all to the orbits, usually when you get an eye gouged out it's a mess... but see? The sockets look clean, almost, I don't know, not cauterized, there's no evidence of heat... it's just... like they just disappeared, it's fucking weird.
No shit.
You doing the autopsy?
Nah, I'm not a pathologist,
Know who'll get this one?
Uh, whoever's on rotation for today, if they get to it.
Oh they'll get to it today. I'll guarantee that.
Uh... OK.
Tell ya what, I'm gonna follow these guys in and talk to whoever's in charge here.
Hah! That would be you.
True, true. Anyway, I want you to hang out here. Does she have the mark?
Not that I could see, but it might be under her clothes, won't know till they get her on the table. But I haven't seen anything.
If there's no mark that means our friend hasn't put in an appearance yet , so maybe you can keep an eye out for him while I get things moving officially.
Oh man, this call got me outta bed! I haven't had any breakfast yet.
Life's a bitch.
Then ya die.
Hungry, in your case.
I'll bring ya somethin when I come back. I shouldn't be too long.
Sausage Mcwhatever.
Those things'll kill ya, ya know.
Says the man who smokes cigars.
laughs
Coffee?
Coffee.
Ok guys. I'm following you, so don't be runnin any red lights, or I'm gonna be pissed.
No sir.
Hey, before we go I got another question.
Yeah?
Any 'a you guys seen a cat?
A cat?
Yeah, a white cat. Real pretty, kinda seems to glow.
Don't think so. Any of you see a cat?
Donnoh. I think I mighta seen something as we pulled up. But I wouldn't swear to it.
Who called it in?
It was a jogger found her.
You got info?
Yeah we got her name and a number. Who was it... Kowalski? yeah, she was the patrol officer, took her statement, she was pretty shook up. Probably won't be runnin on this trail again any time soon.
Good.
When you get my Bona Fides, I get that info from ya.
Won't ask for it now, since you don't know me from Adam. Cept of course for the Badge and the ID, but I could be anybody.
Uh, right.
'K, let's get this started. The sooner we catch this bastard the sooner we all go home.
Don't forget my coffee!
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Sonnet 17: Proof
The fear within fears not the fear without
the confines of my thought, my thought unbounded
by certainty, corrodes beneath my doubt
the stone on which I thought my thought was founded.
The coursers coursing course my hare of thought
fast fleeing through green fields beneath a sun
which gives what is and also what is ought
an equal weight how'er the race is run.
"Upon this stone I build my church" He said.
Yet on shifting sands his rock was founded
and by his words was I uncertain led
to find myself by endless doubt surrounded.
The Pillars of The Temple weigh the roof
yet fear and doubt demand a better proof.
the confines of my thought, my thought unbounded
by certainty, corrodes beneath my doubt
the stone on which I thought my thought was founded.
The coursers coursing course my hare of thought
fast fleeing through green fields beneath a sun
which gives what is and also what is ought
an equal weight how'er the race is run.
"Upon this stone I build my church" He said.
Yet on shifting sands his rock was founded
and by his words was I uncertain led
to find myself by endless doubt surrounded.
The Pillars of The Temple weigh the roof
yet fear and doubt demand a better proof.
Sonnet 16: The Serpent
The Dark within its darkness found the light
which caged its shadow. Shadowed from the sun
behind the new moon, Darkness shining bright
behind the light beyond its shadows run
a Serpent is, who with a Lions face
outfaces those who in the mirror look,
brings forth from darkness and eternal space
the key within a key. Open The Book.
Thy ward is intricate, which turning locks,
and unlocks there a Door which has no name,
inside a cave within the burning rocks
above The City Dark, upon the plain.
The Eagle must The Serpent loose and find
the Key which gives new sight unto the blind
which caged its shadow. Shadowed from the sun
behind the new moon, Darkness shining bright
behind the light beyond its shadows run
a Serpent is, who with a Lions face
outfaces those who in the mirror look,
brings forth from darkness and eternal space
the key within a key. Open The Book.
Thy ward is intricate, which turning locks,
and unlocks there a Door which has no name,
inside a cave within the burning rocks
above The City Dark, upon the plain.
The Eagle must The Serpent loose and find
the Key which gives new sight unto the blind
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