&. WAR

             ‘       COME ON NOW        ‘               parried sigh ,     swaggered step ,     fingertips dancing along the railing -----     SNATCH  the paper from the hands before you .        victory in your eyes   !            ‘        you can’t live off of the cake that little french man makes for you  ,       i’m not going to clean up .       ‘

            THE MADNESS OF LIFE             ‘       ah jesus christ ------     that’s fuckin’ leaking out shit now   .   .   .      ah shit that’s FUCKED     ‘          a THUD heard from beyond      ,    hands slamming shut what was just opened   ,   exasperation on every breath   ,   harried eyes SEARCH   ,  release an ungodly SHOUT.                          ‘        where’s the fucking packet of fucking SOUP----    ‘

          FONDNESS HELD IN GHOSTLY EYES.           eerie   ,   how with each passing day they grow CLEARER   ,   as if he sees things that none ever have before.           (    and perhaps he does    !       a thousand years    ,   have you finally learned your LESSON     ,    rotten boy    ?     )          a drawled breath of air   ,            ‘       monika      !      ‘                there is no RUSH to your voice     ,     no need for her to FRIGHT                             (     these things happen to even mortals    ,    these little things     !     )           look upon her    ,    darling little thing    ,    she you breathe and die for              I PROMISE I WON’T GO    /    I PROMISE I WILL REMAIN.                    ‘        where the hell is it     ?       ‘

         CAPTURE YE WEARY EYES.           see the calculation    ,    the bitterness    ;      these things have FADED.           and so what remains    ?            there lays still the remnants of BLOOD and FAILURE    ,    GUTS and GLORY.     things you wish to never forget will fade from mindseye    ,      reamin   /   reamin   /    remain.      scoffed breath              ‘        stop fuckin’ with me   ,   roderich.      ain’t FUNNY    ,     jus’ tell me who the damn person is      !        ‘