(a flash of dark)

from a flash of dark // a wash of light by Jon, the Archivist

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this is not an apology
this is a reckoning
i think you can relate

in a wash of light I saw my beating chest when I was five
crying on the stairwell
kicking, screaming
cursing all the stripes my brother bore

i'll never forget them

this is not an emergency
this is a false alarm
the sweat that coats my brow is just
a simple condensation
for lack of a better term

and with a flash of dark he bore down with his fists
and crumbling, my spirit
formed into a husk of dirty maple wood
and studded crown of tears

i'll always forgive him

this is not a simple question
this is an ultimatum
formed on battered lips
and from the tongues of children
searching in a dark room for the light switch

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from a flash of dark // a wash of light, released January 31, 2015

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Jon, the Archivist Worcester, Massachusetts

Jon the Archivist lives in Worcester, MA, and this is the sound of him screaming at nothing.

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