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Dead Ground

Do Listen to the Sound of the Speaker

By CorvusPublished about 11 hours ago 1 min read
Photo by Richard Khuptong on Unsplash

Do not

scream. Do not

listen to the voices

outside your head head head head.

Do not scream.

Do not preach silence

in the land of the dead. Do not

scream. Do not hold hands

while crossing the railroad tracks. Do

not scream. Do not stand

in front of the closing

doors, please. Do not scream. Do not

jump over the rail rail rail railroad

tracks and do not, do not

scream. Do not track

msztmuszztmudmudmudszztblsztblood

into the land of the dead. Do

not

scream. Do not stand facing

the train.

Do not scream.

Do not scream.

//

Do not

scream. Do not

listen to the voices

outside your he szt head head head.

Do not scream. Do not track

blsztblooszztbloodszztmudmudmudmud

into the land of the dead.

Do not

scream. Do not harbor hate

for loss. Do szzt notnot not scream.

Do not leave flowers

for the lost. Do not scream.

Do not watch the strange fruit

sway in strange wind. Do notnotnotnot

scream. Do not battle demons

of present men. Do not not not

not not

not

not

do not

do not

donotdonotdonotdontdontszttdontdontszztdo do do

do

scream.

Scream.

SCREAM.

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About the Creator

Corvus

Corvus is a kaleidoscope of Gothic word-craft, stuck somewhere within the hurricanes of prose and poetry and wrung out on each page. Find more fragments of the love letter on their website, corvuslove.

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  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarranabout 11 hours ago

    This was so creepy and I especially loved how you added the glitchy vibes!

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