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Escape

from Absurd Nihilism by Jeremy Void

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Why do I do this to
myself?
Deprive myself of the necessities
that one must endure if one wants
to live right
& happy——I’m so unhappy.
Another sleepless night
another racked and aching head.
I stare up at the moon as a shiverous
tremor seizes me, holds me tight.

I’m beating myself raw.
I’m screaming for help, but
nobody can hear me over the
ghouls that stream from my
bloodshot eyes.
I’m seeking pleasure, searching every drawer,
throwing clothes across the floor
knocking books off the shelves,
setting fire to my entire home——the fire

blazes bright and alive….
It ripples and thrashes, and the moon
the dark sky
the stars scattered up there so bright and vivid
make me feel oh so scared and alone.

A waking fit, I’m kicking holes in the ceiling.
I’m throwing plates and bowls
across the kitchen floor
they crunch and crack and scatter
and the sound of breaking and smashing
makes me feel like something
like something
but I know I’m nothing—tap-tap-tapping my vein.

I lean back and let myself float away
drift upward and the whole world never felt the same.
Why must I
fight reality so often?
You know, reality is kicking my ass all the time.
You know, no I don’t, and I thrive on escape
I live for internal mayhem
I need escape, and I’m taking it any way
that I can.

Because it’s the only way
out of this place….

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from Absurd Nihilism, released June 14, 2016

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Jeremy Void Rutland, Vermont

Jeremy Void is the author of 15 books. He lived fast, he fell hard, and he came to with a broken head, a worthless mind, and this devastating ability to paint with words down the page. Line after line, he continues to amaze, devestate, and deviate. With lyrical prose that plow through the airwaves like kamikaze fighter pilots; with poetry that treads a fine line between brilliant and insane.... ... more

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