{"sf1_id":1154497,"sf2_id":"AnKAobve","title":"One Dot Below the I","author":"Glycanthrope","words":211,"posted_at":"2017-03-05T21:50:00.000Z","tags":["Clean","Free-Form","Poems","Poetry","Short"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1154497-one-dot-below-the-i","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/AnKAobve","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/5c/50/5c50e1e5-bf74-4528-b03d-ef44e8ab15cf","description":"#5 of Poetry\n\nFive short poems","content":"THE WAY YOU COME IN CRASHING THROUGH THE CEILING\n\nIN YOUR BURNING NIGHTGOWN SCREAMING WITH YOUR MOUTH ALL SMEARED\n\nAND BLOOD POURING FROM YOUR EARS AND INTO OUR QUIET LIVING SPACE YOU\n\nBRIEFLY REMIND US OF THE IMPENDING DISASTER THEY TALK ABOUT ON TV\n\nAND THIS IS WHERE \" **HERE**\" AND \" **YOU SEE**\" AND \" **THROUGH**\" AND \" **THE TEXT**\"\n\nAND \" **AND**\" AND \" **OUT**\" OR IS IT \" **IN**\" THAT DISAPPEARS HERE?\n\n\" **SOMETHING**\" IS MISSING, I'M SURE OF IT.\n\nTHE BACKWARDS SPIRAL THROUGH EVERY DEGREE YEAR AND MARK\n\nIS NOT ENOUGH ALL WORDS WHITE AND LEAVING SMOKING SKIDMARKS\n\nARE NOT ENOUGH AND \"I SHIFT FROM THIRD INTO\n\nFOURTH THEN FIFTH GEAR AND TAKE OFF\" ISN'T EVEN ENOUGH\n\nAND I PULL OVER AND FLASH THE HEADLIGHTS AND OVERTAKE THEM\n\n\"NOTHING IS ENOUGH\"\n\nSYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA\n\nSHE SQUATS IN THE SHOWER HOWLING\n\nSHE CROSSES HER ARMS AND BENDS OVER SLOWLY\n\nSHE CLIMBS IN BETWEEN HER LEGS O DIFFICULT\n\nSHE SLIDES IN WET AND SLIPPERY AND\n\nDISAPPEARS WILLLLLYA LOOKAT THAT\n\nI REPEAT: THE READER WITH X-RAY VISION JUMPS OUT LIKE A MEASURING\n\nTAPE TWISTING HIMSELF BLINKING LOOP-DE LOOP THROUGH METAPHORS\n\nBUT IT ALWAYS RESULTS IN A JOURNEY/A PILGRIMAGE/A SAFARI\n\nHE TRICKED US INTO THROUGH LAYERS UPON LAYERS OF TANGLE\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1037335-poem-species-dysphoria-iii.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1156099-one-dot-below-the-i-2.json"}}