a vanishing dimension

visceral pain

pulls the horizon to its source
and devours stimulus,

makes supernovae burst in cranial arteries
and ionized fingers of hydrogen creep through the esophagus,

redefines curved space
as a tense arc in the vertebrae,

births a screaming, burning cosmos
then consumes it millimeter by millimeter,

proposes a philosophy of futility
with arguments phrased in flashes and tightening,

shrinks consciousness to only oneself
and the universe contained in a spasm.

©1998 Timothy A. Clark