THE SHADOW OVER DREAMS
A winged mass ruptures the surface of the dreamscape. Insects descend. Odour permeates the air. A shield of flies obscure the sun and curdle the sky. The smell overwhelms. Denial digs its heels, takes the reins and steers to edge of the nightmare where the skies are clear, running waters clean, love wades knee-deep and life swims upstream. But what casts the shadow and what makes the shade of what dreams are made? The odour is returned. The night gains a thousand eyes. Skin crawls to the beat of the wings of a million flies.
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