Fanged Noumena, 289–318

Chapter

Circuitries

EXCERPT

the doctor’s face seems to swim in and out of focus
you see the pores in his skin
scrobicular arrays
and then–
suddenly
without dissolve
crossing the threshold
filmic cut
a circle of homogeneous flesh tone
nostrils sealed against the deluge
eyes shut and switched off forever
lips
teeth
tongue migrate downwards out of shot
the disk receding at speed towards a point of
disappearance
in the centre of the screen
the old reality is closing down…