MAN'S ASSASSINATION MAN IN FULL EFFECT
Monday, May 31, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
THE BOOKS OF THE CRIMSON HEXAGON
LIKE ALL THE MEN OF BABYLON, I HAVE BEEN PROCONSUL; LIKE ALL, I HAVE BEEN A SLAVE. I HAVE KNOWN OMNIPOTENCE, IGNOMINY, IMPRISONMENT. LOOK HERE- MY RIGHT HAND HAS NO INDEX FINGER. LOOK HERE... IN THE HALF LIGHT OF DAWN, IN A CELLAR, STANDING BEFORE THE BLACK ALTER, I HAVE SLIT THE THROATS OF SACRED BULLS. ONCE, FOR AN ENTIRE LUNAR YEAR, I WAS DECLARED INVISABLE- I WOULD CRY OUT AND NO ONE WOULD HEED MY CALL. I HAVE KNOWN THAT THING THE GREEKS KNEW NOT-UNCERTAINTY. IN THE CHAMBER OF BRASS, AS I FACED THE STRANGLER'S SILENT SCARF, HOPE DID NOT ABANDON ME; IN THE RIVER OF DELIGHTS, PANIC HAS NOT FAILED ME; IN ORDER TO RECALL SIMILAR VICISSITUDES, I HAVE NO NEED OF DEATH NOR EVEN OF IMPOSTURE...
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