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The Teeth of the Abstract

from The Listening Engine by Michael Bell

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There are places where night doesn't fall.

It rises.

A dark flood welling up out of the ground.

Gathering around trees and buildings, pulling at the feet of the ones hurrying home.

These close their doors behind them, and turn the lock, taking a moment to listen, in case they were followed.


Not everyone finds their way. In northern countries they tell of the utburd, or the myling, the ghost of an infant exposed to the icy dark.

These ghosts are full of anger.

They will cling to a traveler's back, and compel them toward holy ground.

This destination will never be reached.

The utburd will get heavier and heavier, and the traveler will sink into the earth under the weight.

And disappear.

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from The Listening Engine, released January 8, 2023

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Michael Bell Bellingham, Washington

A Loose-Fish and a Fast-Fish, too.

Some of this is music for video games. The rest is a fairly raw document of my ongoing attempt to find something new among the blinking lights in my studio at home.

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