enjoy this Brian Looney writing
in the Scars Publications free 2011 PDF file chapbook: Punk Show
(click on the front cover image or the
title text to download the free PDF file)
The Markings on the Walls
Brian Looney
Energy courses heavily, primal and unconstrained. It travels through us, entering in the ears and dramatically calling to arms.
Facets are unlocked; special reserves are tapped. The energy floods through the caverns, and shines out the body like torchlight. We don’t bother to read the markings on the walls.
We accept the gift amicably and indulge it until we’ve gone berserk. That’s the state we relish, the rushing invulnerability. It is a force that moves mountains. Its power contorts the features.
We’ll never get enough of it. The room empties of it though our minds are still caught up in it. Bodies pine when it’s scarce. Bodies rupture when it’s abundant. And so we push ourselves hardest when the end is nearest.
