It Crept Onto The Hard Drives

It crept onto the hard drives. A bluish-white calcification that made its way to the exhaust fan and eventually into my sinuses. Slowly replacing the rods and cones of my eyes so that now I see waves of strange light emanating from the ground beneath my feet. A dark sweet syrup drains from a space behind my eyes that I know is not me. It is not unpleasant. A few bent paperclips worked into the soft palate act like radio antennae. Now I am sensitive to the waveform that walk the streets. My tongue crackles when one approaches. Like Pop-Rocks. I find them whimpering usually. Rummaging pathetically through the recycling bins for lithium ion batteries. Sad ghost-like bastards longing for the double A’s in your remote control. Crouched outside your apartment. Gazing at the flicker of your television set like a cold campfire. Tears falling down their face. I am not myself. I am, perhaps, at the end of the garden, under the tarped box-spring mattress behind the potting shed. I am curled up, eyes partly closed, lips parched and whispering to the silverfish that drink dark liquid from the corners of my eyes. There are roots at my fingertips reaching downward, through layers of damp cardboard and yoga mats, gathering underground information. At night botfly erupt from black heads at the nape of my neck and they fly off to find you. They gather around your ear and whisper blockchain passwords. Perhaps you see them some nights appearing in your dreams with lit cigarettes, laughing at your jokes, complimenting your fine attire. Appearing as an old friend in a pea coat from university perhaps, or a forgotten one night stand. Coaxing you slowly out from the shadows of your mind. Repeat the password. Say it now. Let them in. #shortfilm #cinema #originalmusic #scifi #horror #ai #aifilm #sciencefiction @anglomangler #blackandwhite #aianimation #aishorts #synth #synthography #creepy #art #cosmichorror #darkfantasy #darkambient