#worldburn

@worldburn | ❛   sit .   gesture  for  my  muse  to  sit  down .

𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐃  &  𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄

         wrong turn wrong turn wrong turn -- the little librarian stumbles back, thin hands fumbling to find somewhere to go, something to do. typically the disconcerting strangers she stumbles upon when walking home are not alive. but the freeze in her system is not that same freeze -- it isn’t supernatural by any means, it’s the freeze of fear & knowing that she’s made a mistake. eyes are wide, her flimsy presence noticed before she could disappear like she so often does. she begins signing sorry over & over, trying to find words. “s -- so s-sorry, sir, i -- i -- i d-d-didn--n’t see -- a-anything ...”

Oh you know, songs about teenagers starting fires.

-The Smartphone Hour -Be More Chill

-World Burn- Mean Girls Musical

-The Campfire Song -The Lightning Thief Musical

“Where else would I be?”

More of a metaphysical question than most--is she any more here than she is anywhere within her boundaries, any less than she is with every soul on her streets. This avatar of flesh and bone; is it a mouthpiece? A focal lens? A benediction? A tragedy?

Either way, the city smiles, steeple-teeth too visible, too sharp.

            ❛        i’m    trying    to    be    proactive      before    someone    else    is    killed  .        ❜