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Overcome by Air

I am overcome by air I breathe in - sweet. I can taste it I can close my eyes and appreciate sound, sound, music? I can take a deep breath, fill my lungs left and right and feel them expand. Like most humans I can not take consecutive deep breaths this is to make the first much sweeter, breathe. I can feel this breath the air, populating my brain reverberating slow chimes POWER! A manly sound, making the muscles the muscles the muscles of my upper body tense strength and then chimes, not frenetic, not peace, not calm yet, yes grace, peace, something sexy something sublime, something complex a word, a touch I am overcome by air not crushed, oh no far from it I can breathe can startle can whisper compare can crack wise can taste can sense I belong believe can talk and act and smile my razor teeth. Silence chimes water and pure quartz intermission, so now house lights up window shop the various personalities when in fact it's one, two, progressive? Nicht! Little demons breathing my air, my heir right - executor, molded, sculpted, broken mold so I breathe back to the table back to my breath chime POWER! Fills my chest Crescendos? No! An abrupt stop release, breath, THUNDER! I am overcome in my brain my head body and down my arms till my fingers tap wander tracing sounds musical notes on an imaginary syllabus. Today I think my mind my active mind aroused tell the heart to wait (heavy, rhythmic percussion for several beats) games gains shame same? Stasis,

nay.

— Conect11, Nov 09, 2007

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