http://www.alphalux.org AlphaLux Web Domain http://www.alphalux.org/content/64 Emptiness. Not sadness, not depression, regret, or despair. What is it like to feel empty? Even the quiet night feels full, thick; the air moist and creatures wandering. The hollow in our ears makes for the fullness of beautiful music. The space in the empty glass yields inner warmth as the wine ... http://www.alphalux.org/content/64 http://www.alphalux.org/content/63 I'm sitting alone tonight, listening to outpourings of Moby, remembering the way my world was more than ten years ago. I was wandering in a sad, hollow cloud. The rain seemed to pour endlessly all summer, the evening streetlights reflected on the dark asphalt, making long yellow fingers incessant... http://www.alphalux.org/content/63 http://www.alphalux.org/content/62 Time has broken apart for me, chilled to the freezing point and broken off like an iceberg. All motion in this quiet room is suspended, and the world outside quiet, hazy and white. Though no deliberate steps were taken, I have arrived in a new place. There are no streets here, no raindrops on the... http://www.alphalux.org/content/62 http://www.alphalux.org/content/61 I awoke this morning to the sound of a quiet shuffle, spanning the hardwood floors of our house. Her footsteps approached the door, gently opened it, and kissed me good morning before she set out. My stomach was knotted from the drinking, but the few hours of sleep had served me better than expec... http://www.alphalux.org/content/61 http://www.alphalux.org/content/60 From the surface of this quiet city, my wandering mind reaches out towards this canopy of gleaming stars. The clouds have finally been swept away, luring out the children of Perseus; and my eyes dart back and forth, as they burn streaks into the night sky. This is when wishes are made--by childre... http://www.alphalux.org/content/60 http://www.alphalux.org/content/59 Tonight I needed you. I needed the softness of your skin, and my face pressed against it. I needed the darkness of the night to gather silent, making the world seem empty, forcing all my attention to the curve of your hips, and the sheets that follow their form. Your female essentia, compressed a... http://www.alphalux.org/content/59 http://www.alphalux.org/content/58 The small clouds of white smoke rise and twist gliding under the street light I walk the dark, the bright, the dark on top of sidewalk stones placed by men who watch from beneath them The earth is the only smell of history left in this town stacked with polymer restored replicas an image sold w... http://www.alphalux.org/content/58 http://www.alphalux.org/content/57 My goddess of storms I have been waiting for your return She whispers a digital echo across the sky bouncing along a network of organic antennae ear to ear mothers to children they call from their doorsteps The sound floods down upon the streets A warm rush of pounding rhythm smooth and relen... http://www.alphalux.org/content/57 http://www.alphalux.org/content/56 This is for the ones who walk with me Sometimes My beautiful, scentless, tasteless marvels of wonder Attached to chaos The invisible twisting wind Flowing with digits and duality This is for the ones who recognize me Maybe My tireless, chattering, rebellious citizens of hopelessness Hoping ... http://www.alphalux.org/content/56 http://www.alphalux.org/content/54 The autumn has shifted into a mode of mercilessness As I walk through the wet streets The wind twists old memories into my head The old life of a young adolescent Filled with longing thoughts and imaginations Of beautiful contours Warm attraction Innocent motives And colored lace... I walk back... http://www.alphalux.org/content/54