Disembodied, dispossessed and disgruntled: part 8, Demeter’s Apocalypse
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1 min readJan 18, 2016
The atmosphere was
thick with souls.
Identities were
full of holes.
They filled the blanks
with anger
sorrow
hatred
boredom
envy
greed
Needs without context
Time without place
Hunger without sustenance
They wanted their bodies back.
So they took them.
It was surprisingly easy.
To be continued…
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Demeter’s Apocalypse is an ongoing experiment in storytelling. My goal is to tell a complete story in a series of 15 or so standalone poems. If this sounds interesting, I hope you’ll recommend this post (by clicking the ❤ button) so others can see it and comment. Thanks so much for reading.
