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Into the Maze

from The Glass Garden by Flesh of the Stars

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links rattle & coils hiss; stone lies still. soles skid & the sand spits; echoes spill. no signs of life. board nailed to the back gate, tagged & thin. wood splintering sharp & loose from years of wind. pull back, split cracks, & slip in.

tight, patterned sky. manic high tarp windows hardly hold. dive down inside. undertow taking hold; grab & pull.

smoke tumbling streetwards, surge & roar. half-circles in concrete on the foundry floor. faint signal hums just under the conscious somewhere near. stake out where the aperture might soon appear. pulse beats, then retreats in the air.

frail, latticed veil. voices call, blotted out, pinched & sprawled. crazed tub lights blaze; colors drain; sparks lash down; time just halts.

& a fog encloses all...

sand, fragments, & dirt, whirling & rising. pelting my skin, blurring my eyes red & raw. they say, don't turn away until i feel the pull. gather my strength, cover my eyes, & wait.

rays cut like a blade, drawing the aperture wide. staling the air, musk like a tomb flooding out. stand blank in the cascade, its violence so bright. follow it down, without a word, into the maze.

3, 2, 1 - all-consumed, all-aflame. all is dust; dust is all. gasp, throat like glass; sirens blast; webbing climbs up the walls.

& the hands wrap my ankles...

try now to read the marks on the tomb walls. crucified tongue, stamped into earth to erode. black lines buried in ages of stone, strata of life untold. burned, all, in the end. find no mercy for them.

tunnel contracts, stench all around now. filling my lungs; wrenching my hands. cold floor ungiving. too tight to crawl; too far to turn back. pale fire at the gate. find no path to escape.

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from The Glass Garden, released October 27, 2023

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Flesh of the Stars Chicago, Illinois

melancholic progressive doom & synthesizer worship from chicago, illinois.

matt ciani
nico ciani
sam corman penzel
mike fox
travis marmon

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