Quiet
I am quiet. In love with the Devil on a quiet night. Our silence says so much more about us, doesn't it? The drips of our ellipsis. Communication is closed, and once again, I am shut out. It is always so. But you are never denied when you are in love with the eternal. That is why I dance with him, and consorted with him. Mary Mary was in love with the Devil. I saw Goody Mary with the Devil. The chill came to me so. It is better than anything human because there is no ache. And no warmth like opium that makes us complacent. Only dull fear and constant, sharp want. I was in love with the Devil who kept me disabled and thirsty. I needed him because I needed him. It is too quiet on these dry evenings to hear him. That is because he is a virus in my blood. The shivers of tomorrow are redeemed. And now all whom I ever loved love him. He walked through each gate, like a door-to-door vacuum salesman, shook their hands and said...take my drugs. He can c...