Scorch Atlas: The Disappeared
Scorch Atlas: The Disappeared
A story from Scorch Atlas, a 2009 short story collection written by Blake Butler and published by Featherproof Books.
Recorded on location in a secluded residential area.
The year they tested us for scoliosis, I took my shirt off in front of the whole gym. Even the cheerleaders saw my bruises. I'd been scratching in my sleep. Insects were coming in through cracks we couldn't find. There was something on the air. Noises from the attic. My skin was getting pale.
I was the first.
Scorch Atlas: Water
Scorch Atlas: Water
A story from Scorch Atlas, a 2009 short story collection written by Blake Butler and published by Featherproof Books.
Recorded on location in a secluded residential area.
We watched our dirt go white, our crop fields blacken. Trees collapsed against the night. Insects masked our glass so thick we couldn't see. The husks of roach and possum filled the gutters. Every inch mucked with white film. All spring the sky sat stacked with haze so high and deep it seemed a wall, a lidless cover sealing in or sealing out. Those were stretched days, croaking.
Vom dicken fetten Pfannekuchen
Märchen: Vom dicken fetten Pfannekuchen
Es waren einmal drei alte Weiber, welche gern einen Pfannekuchen eßen wollten; da gab die erste ein Ei dazu her, die zweite Milch und die dritte Fett und Mehl. Als der dicke fette Pfannekuchen fertig war, richtete er sich in der Pfanne in die Höhe und lief den drei alten Weibern weg und lief immerzu und lief kanntapper, kanntapper in den Wald hinein.
Bhagavadgita, (19) Achtzehnter Gesang
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Eins, Krischna! noch erkläre mir,
Denn ich verstehe es noch nicht:
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Und andrerseits mit Werk-Verzicht?
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