Sunday, November 9, 2008

Half a World Away



1 a moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection
2 chandeliers tangle and untangle
5 miles into the heavens
5 there they revel in the endless stretches
5 half a world away
4 "you are a very special young lady"
1 she had a big yellow wig that made her face look too small and smelled like
6 her cigarette changes position and her face changes expression
1 "I do this, this, because it feels good"
2 toxic
6 in a mad rage
5 ruggedly beautiful
7 "remember remember"
7 her voice has a strength that is a metered by a calmness
8 "we are being punished"
9 tell us
7 "sometimes I wonder where we would be"
9 tell us
7 "if he hadn’t failed"
9 tell us
2 "never stop fighting"
7 my entire world was erased
5 absolute isolation half a world away
2 fragile without breaking it
4 "burn burn"
9 tell us
1 "boiling wet insides"
9 tell us
2 "you’re only given a little spark of madness"
5 half a world away from their homes
3 two houses shall be sitting
1 they walk away with another fleeting memory that almost got away
8 "am I in the place of God?"

[ask about my process]

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

what was your process?

Sera Melisa said...

it's a cento. here are my sources.

1. Choke by Chuck Palaniuk, novel

2. “theworldismymusicvideo” by Sera Chalayan, MySpace page

3. The Constitution of the United States of America by Our Founding Fathers, document

4. “Thank You” by Janet Meihaus, greeting card

5. Premier World Atlas by Rand McNally, book

6. “Goofs for Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by imdb.com, trivia webpage

7. V for Vendetta by Larry and Andy Wachowski, screenplay

8. “The Story of Joseph” Genesis 37-50, biblical passage

9. “Brian’s party” by Sarah Moorehead, text message