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Goddess Redefined
Bring me a horizon
Made of sunsets and of sin
And make for me an altar
To lay me down again

Paul Clive
May 29, 20241 min read
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The Bootstrap
I have built this place to get to her. Projected her like a shadow on my wall. A memory, a ghast, a shade, a thought. And from the fire...

Paul Clive
May 20, 20242 min read
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All That's Left
Press me between pages
Open like a book
Turn me into fire light
With nothing but a look

Paul Clive
May 15, 20241 min read
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Squirm
Let the crickets dance and chirp They rise and writhe and squirm And click and kick In the depths of the pit When from the depths I...

Paul Clive
May 3, 20242 min read
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Vermilion
Bring it down Like fire on my tongue In places deeper Oblivion Vermilion In velvet flames Dancing darkness Invading veins Colors running...

Paul Clive
Mar 11, 20241 min read
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At the Gates
I build my kingdom Out of all of these mistakes I steel my nerves for The coming of day All these reserves for The war that approaches...

Paul Clive
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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Elysium
A machine-man brought to life. Built in a world submerged. Industrial. Used. But brought to life by something unexpected. The spark, like...

Paul Clive
Jan 26, 20241 min read
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Petrichor
Vines on tongues Torrent thorns Tearing skin And wearing bones Gathering storms Petrichor Tasting thunder's Endless roar Bridge to...

Paul Clive
Dec 23, 20231 min read
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Clockwork Gardens
Perhaps there is no elephant No deeper truth No sacred whole No big picture No forest, only trees Wisdom an illusion No belly and no...

Paul Clive
Dec 7, 20231 min read
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A Deeper Harvest
I prefer the dirt and the darkness Hidden under, hunched Buried in freshly fallen leaves By the pit I'm swallowed up Elder things of...

Paul Clive
Nov 8, 20231 min read
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[SIGNAL LOST]
Hanging heavy Cities of grace Swirling everything Warming empathy Swarming enemy Intersecting apathy Anathema still within Writhing in...

Paul Clive
Oct 27, 20231 min read
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Towers and Toadstools
TOWERS AND TOADSTOOLS Threshed inside the rushes Pressed together, sold Buried in the brier patch Tangled, towering, old Flowers against...

Paul Clive
Oct 24, 20232 min read
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The Vampire's Kiss
Brought before the elders Anchored here Seeking the vampire's kiss Chained by fragments of lust Abrasive diamonds Burning agony inhaled...

Paul Clive
Oct 2, 20231 min read
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a devil and a crone
set for liftoff get these machine parts moving right these wrongs reset these bones somehow eldritch someone silent something wicked this...

Paul Clive
Aug 22, 20231 min read
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Ultraviolet
Staring into spirals Dreaming of different clockwork Glassy under the surface Onyx staircase Obsidian cities Resplendent Unfolding in...

Paul Clive
Jul 21, 20231 min read
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Tempest's Edge
Pulling at the cosmic roots I find the river calling I fall into the Heaven's wrath I hunger for a ruling Setting fire to discipline I...

Paul Clive
Jul 12, 20231 min read
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Sinking In
SINKING IN Tell me what these pieces mean Intrusive thoughts and sordid dreams Truths uncovered in our sleep Urges lurking underneath...

Paul Clive
Jul 7, 20231 min read
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Nineteen Ninety One
I had an idea for a horror story called 1991 but just ended up writing a poem instead, enjoy: 1991 The year horror takes shape another...

Paul Clive
Jun 25, 20231 min read
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Simulacrum
Weeping at the edge of the river Meet me at the mountain pass Running over-eager fingers Through this tangled traveling matte Jaws...

Paul Clive
Jun 9, 20231 min read
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Rodeo
Moving into the light With nothing in reserve Sorrows and the void Atoms and the dark Split between these numbing moments Boredom and the...

Paul Clive
May 31, 20231 min read
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