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captain cornsnort by theozzcause, literature
Literature
captain cornsnort
Captain Fractus Cornsnort, a grizzled yet oddly sprightly figure, squinted against the blazing cyan skies as the SS Nurdfish creaked, groaned & practically jitterbugged its way through the splintered airwaves of the Galaxian Sea. His wide-brimmed hat, perched at an improbable angle on his head like a drunken vulture, flapped as the gusts threw a tantrum against the ship's sails. Cornsnort's mustache, a wiry testament to its owner's eccentricities, bristled with determination as he grasped the massive wheel. The SS Nurdfish was not just any interstellar vessel; it was an abominable, cobbled-together masterpiece of junkyard elegance, a battered space schooner that had seen more patches than sails. In a universe where logic danced on the precipice of madness, Cornsnort & his ship fit right in.
Beside him, on the captain's console, lounged Ruckus—a chunky, tabby-patterned fuzzball with an attitude louder than a quasar explosion. His one eye gleamed with perpetual mischief, while his
Diavolo by InnocenceOfOurHearts, literature
Literature
Diavolo
there's this part. squishy.
you can trap it in a bottle
like a Genie
if you trap it well
it will fulfill all your wishes
I was so scared
what if someone wished
for my skin, my eyes, my soul?
what if someone swallowed me whole?
I wouldn't get out no more.
there is either hurt or lust and I'm running
on edges from the melting of both. I am running
from hell
by trying to become it.
I dreamt of Death and Death dreamt me.
Cold sweat. Live and regret. Endure,
make a bet,
inhaled my breath and gave it back.
heart attack.
with every day spent on the mirror's edge,
the ocean in her eyes is departing
to make room for a sick
death-shade of green
called "believing".
Sleep and sleep and sleep some more
the faceless silhouettes whisper.
To no one I talk. I just
eat and breathe and sleep.
They fill me
like a caterpillar. I shall be
round, youthful and vital, before
the stage of the butterfly, before
the world catches fire.
Secret signs, I am losing my mind.
Fair Lady in Black visited me