Metz
Strange Peace

The plaster has fallen. My kitchen has a hole. The assisted demolition of the apartment above the one I live in has led to the demolition of my kitchen ceiling.

_____Metz.

Metz is a city in Lorraine, disputed, sought after, desired by the Germans. Blanchard, not the one from Frosinone; Jocelyn. He was supposed to be the new Zidane, but all that's left of Zidane are headbutts against the wall; and the metz know well the headbutts on the wall.

__________Cavities.

I had two cavities and it wasn't painful. I had two more and dear God, the pain. A drill between the molars, a rubbing in the brain, ocular feedback. Mouth wide open, dryness. I drool like a rabid dog. Colorless mouthwash, bitter. Bitter like anesthesia.

_______________Duce.

The flags move with the wind. The guitars shake without percussion. Artificial harmonics. Alienation from conference, documentary film, guaranteed sleep. Baldness, pubic hair. Frenulum irritation.

___Pain.

______Strange peace.