DRIvel(s) circa 2015-2024

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Tomorrow's Modern Boxes by Thom Yorke

SHALLOW:REFLECTION
o < ----- ucandunorong
oo < ---_ inmyize.. . ... ur heering damged oO > ----
your speakers are blown out---> || || || | | | | | |
--->uwishufeltbetr | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -----uwishufeltbetr______ evry mvmnt
______ wud u like me more if i was more like u
______ an m.t. vessel, full of u, fill on u * ____ throw'n it all back in your face
______ no.i see the contempt // ______ it's written all ovr your lopsided face
---- ifithot usaid icudunorong inurize | | || || | |||||||| | | || | | |
---____ in_my_ize?
it's a game i play alone with my reflection in your eyes glazing over as i toss you back at you so charismatically.
it's the shame that i've blamed all alone in my refraction in your tear gaze as i toss you underneath me so mathematically.
when there's nothing there but you.

[craola]

maybe you can help me understand. you told me you would wait, or did i mix you up with someone else? you squirm in your chair just like any other liar. you think you're slippery. no, you're a wiggler. you look me square in the eye as you spout off rigid lies. your eyes roll back when you should be looking down. a heavy head, a heavy heart, a rolling eye, a tumbling lie.

[craola]

hiding in plain site like lead in the water
fate has a plastic bag over my head
its hands gripped around my neck
the doctor says it’s dower
powerless
shrinking into someone else’s body
as the echo chamber amps up its volume
my wife is saying something
but i can’t hear through the plastic and the panic
and i’m holding a white slip with a black dot
as i inhale one last breath before the nose dive
into plastic, lead-filled water
looking frantically for a cure

[craola]

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Confield by Autechre

when the shivers snake up my spine, i nestle in the cradle of your cwm. a saddle to hide from the blizzard i ride. to shake off my boots and recoup in the shadow of your moon until explosions paint the sky in the dead of night.

were we too quick to abandon our camp when the flares fell from the sky? would you have held me through hell's fire? i left nothing but cuts and knives in a basin of lies, so easily disguised.

the cold bites.

the snow collapse.

[craola]

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This Is Stina Nordenstam by Stina Nordenstam

quavering, she trails off on every sentence, every word
shifting in her seat as her eyes dart around the room
from the closet to the windows to the door
as though she isn't here or doesn't want to be
i pull back from the table and motion to the door
this isn't a prison cell, and i don't lock my doors
her eyes shift down, her breathing calmed
when she sings the song of the quaking aspen
the dawn chorus, the summer breeze
her voice a sail, the bridge between our islands
at once, i understand her
at last, we are connected
but as the music ends, she hangs her head
she shrugs her shoulders, embarrassed
defeated, she shrinks back
and abruptly shuffles for the door

[craola]

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Dummy by Portishead

FANTASI CONFRONTRATI

i've been leaving doors unlocked //
>>> my windows open wide /
i've been waiting for you
/ / / / // // to walk into my life [?]
// to unleash the violence in me [!]
what took you so long ?
>>>> i know it's gonna hurt ..
>>>>>> .. it has to hurt
̶i̶ ̷d̴o̸n̵'̴t̴ ̵k̸n̶o̸w̴ ̸i̶f̶ ̵i̴'̸l̷l̴ ̵c̸o̷m̸e̷ ̷o̸u̷t̶ ̷o̶n̸ ̵t̶o̵p̵ ̷.̸.̶.̷
b̸͇̑̓u̵̯̱͗͊̌t̵̨̪̫͐ ̶͕̯̹̃̋̚į̵͖͝ť̸̡̪̑̓'̵̄̌͜͝s̴̪̟̀̓͝ ̴̞̝̒̀͜t̵̡̛̞̠͑̊o̷͇̣͇̊͘ò̵̝̔ ̸̖̲̓l̸̖̀̈á̴͈̞̕t̷̲̯͙̐̌e̴̢͐ ̸͖̮͖̿̋t̵͚̤̮̅̄ọ̸̀͛ ̸̲̼̝̃ŝ̶̝̔̋t̴̢̼̲̂̐͘ō̵͎̥p̸̠̓̉̓

note: last two lines read:
i don't know if i'll come out on top / but it's too late to stop.

[craola]

the ice cracks
i can hear it for miles
winter’s thunder
a buck struck in it’s lightning
his rube turns
as my stomach churns
the cold steel ringing
through my fingers
to my ears
a vegetarian is lodged
in my throat
but i need to move quickly
to preserve this winter’s harvest
fully aware
that i can never do this again

[craola]

if it weren't for
this would not
i told her not to
the goddamn