The Monster awoke in his lair. He smelled something, or rather he sensed something which could be both smell and a flash of light, penetrating through his closed eyelids. The Witch was lonely, and miserable, and cried into the mesh of Realities for help. She had a pure heart, a brave soul and a clear mind. People like her shone brightly in between the worlds; they were like beacons attracting all kinds of spirits. ‘I want to devour this pure heart, and feast on that brave soul, and pollute this clear mind’, thought the Monster. So he disguised himself as a good and sympathetic man, and approached her. It was easy for him to pretend he was everything she cried into the mesh of Realities for. Before long she trusted him. He made his feast long and enjoyable. She gave him her heart freely, along with her body, and he smiled and licked his fingers when he finished. Then he asked for more, and took to infusing her mind with his poison. But it was the soul he was the most interes...
after Muriel Rukeyser So when the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse came they were met by women. Tall women. Short women. Fierce women. Timid women. Women who supported other women, who laughed, cried and sang together. - Let us through - said the Horsemen. - After our dead bodies - answered the women. The Horsemen furrowed their brows. There was a slight buzz around them, like from a beehive. - You know, it can be done - they answered. The women closed their eyes and shook their heads with disdain. - You tried so many times, you could at last learned the fucking lesson - they answered. - We are indestructible, when we are together.
She took a deep breath and threw the copper container into the deep, dark sea of oil. It sunk without leaving a mark. - No! - yelled the Wolf and sprang to the shore. - No! Why did you do that? It had your heart inside! - The wolf was running along the shore, almost tripping over his paws. - You will never get it back from here! Never! - Exactly for that reason - said the Third Fairy. - It was ugly and disgusting anyway. - No it wasn’t… - whispered the Wolf, but she didn’t hear him. - I can’t stand it anymore. I can’t. People already believe I don’t have a heart, so why prove them wrong? And it was weak, it was disgusting, it was silly, embarrassing, and ridiculous. - No it wasn’t… - And how can you know? Have you ever had it? Has it ever made you feel so absolutely ravaged by feelings you couldn’t control, so absolutely naked and exposed, and on the mercy of someone else? Have you ever been told that you should be ashamed of having it, and that ...
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