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1. Hylas in Elysium

in i's of lapis lazuli i lie
ha
so many eys of lapis

. . . tho some lie more than others


i can hardly think


seem to remember . . . a distant time
distent cuntry

(so many eyez floting . . . wer r they from?)

threw her eys of lapis I seem
to . . .  r e m e m b e r

waz ther not time wen . . .
it was far away,
i have been careful to remember
to pretend to eat nepenthe i am given

whut . . . izt i see

O deergod, god, frightens me!

*red bells*

dred

Ther, my eye is clearin . . .

I see

O my god, my God!

Forsake me not so much with your black scarred hands!

-- Whirling water, chaos! ah, goats and mundkeys

I know I have been betrayed.

You betrayed me, Love . . . my love . . .
with your blue angelic eyes

But i must try to hold on, hold, try!

to hold

"Let go!"



"It may be no one's flaw, or mine . . ."

nemo.

Through eys of lapis lazuli, at the bottom of the see,
you cannot know
how
difficult it is to speak.
I try to remember these . . . some tricks of time

am i alive now, or in the future?

I try to push back the hellish clouds . . .
pardon, cloudness; pardon clouds; clouds . . .

I cannot know which life it was.

Had i fall'n then? where was my lapse?

Beloved, my head is so weary of thinking:
let me lean against your nipple

no? no, dear?

Feed me no more forgetfulness.
Let me see all, I'll risk it

Let me lie on your fish's tale holding your sweet arm. D'you look away?

i'm

bitter, bitter such sower grapes?

No! i will remember i'll remember . . .
Devil, hands off my throat!
You're too late ...

I remember.

I was . . . a man . . . A spare thin youth.
H-Hylas . . . I skipped in my prime,
seeking truth and passion . . .

seeking your cunt, you . . .
my ideal . . .

You! you're a siren!   the snakes! . . .

ohgodohgodogodgodGod!

i  was . . .


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