#the bleak

[crackerjacksman]

Dead eyes,

Dead eyes,

Carved out of marble with a pick of fear.

Hollow out my sockets

Cradle my face in your hands

Blacken my fingers in your own.

Please, you cruel, cruel, mistress

Take my heart!

So that I may not feel your touch.

Take my breath,

My voice,

And leave me here.

So that when you are gone

Flowers may sprout from my skull.

Pull your white hands back to your chest

So Asters may sprout from mine.

Let Honeysuckle drip from my mouth

Make a bed of Phlox for me

Wind Columbine down my spine

Plant Goldenrod at my feet

Braid Cardinal Flower through my hair

And with your last, aching touch,

Place an Edelweiss on my breast.

Please, my lady,

You have taken my voice,

My hands,

My eyes.

So please, just do this one more thing for me;

Take my heart,

So that it does not belong to him.

I have seen you murder

In your gown of ghostly white,

And your lips smeared a bloody red.

So please, take me too.

So that I may not have to see them mourn me,

A boy not quite dead,

Cradling his rifle to his chest.

Biting and snapping at all he can reach,

But I cannot kill you.

So this is a poem I wrote for a Band of Brothers OC. There will be more of these to come, and maybe you’ll be able to pick out some characters or even a story.

[burlveneer-music]

The Bleak - Everything is Great Being Alive is Wonderful - like the rebellious child of Radiohead and Chrome

[gothhund]

The Bleak District -

Land of the outcast bugs. Species include, but not limited to: centipedes, spiders, flies, maggots, mealworms, roaches.

Not so much "outcast" per se, but no other bug visits this district. Those who do wander into the territory rarely make it back out, most commonly becoming feast.

The environment is described as very worn down, dark, and dreary. Ash coats the ground and smog is heavy in the air.

[signeiuel]

(via https://soundcloud.com/the_bleak/laid-back-heart-attack?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=tumblr)

[thiscageisworms]

Announcement: "the bleak" book project

Announcement: “the bleak” book project

MICROMOLAR is an art collaboration that I am one half of, and during the next few months we are going to be putting together a book around the concept of “the bleak.” We are inviting submissions of essays, visual art, and sound art. Accepted submissions will be paid a (meager/literary journal-ish) rate.

If “the bleak” interests you, please check out the CFP here.

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[charlesray45]

Review of 'The Bleak'

Review of ‘The Bleak’

The Bleak by Keith Dixon is another in the Sam Dyke mysteries. I received a free review copy of The Bleak in exchange for an unbiased review.

Sam Dyke is a wise-cracking private investigator who is hired by Margaret Sellers (call me Barbara) to find out why her boss, a scientist in a well-guarded research facility, has changed from being a nice, easygoing guy to an uptight bundle of nerves. Even…

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