Pandemonium
The violence of the bespectacled Jabberwock was uncounted
It tore apart cabinets, devouring everything
It fractured cliches and upturned zeitgeists
It incited revolts everywhere
The hatted persons tried to calm it, but it said, “no, this must be done; for the children”
The hatted persons, understanding, stood aside, and even partook of a dabble of incitement themselves
Twerking, the Spirits of Willful Disrespect of Elders had a go with the ball’o’chaos, too
Gleefully, the Elders started screaming “Turn that awful music down!” at everything, even silent things, for this was just the moment they had hoped for to shine
The pandemonium increased a notch
In the midst of it all, demonoid picotent sat, quietly playing chess with the ghost of Lao Tzu, ever the contararian
Work bled over into play bled over into mayhem
The Jabberwock squirmed through firewalls and set electronic weasels on the disks
Happening, it drank in the ether
Happening, it swallowed the resultant space
Happening, it consumed the detritus and flotsam
Being, it toiled at its revolts
Being, it rejoiced with the dawn
Being, it tightened the chains of Azathoth
Ceasing, it extinguished the last flame
Ceasing, it watched the people strike matches
Ceasing, it waited for the new equilibrium
Ending, it reseeded and began again
Featured image sources Photo by Eugene Golovesov on Unsplash, Photo by Rizvi Rahman on Unsplash, Photo by Sara Kurfeß on Unsplash and Photo by vegonaise on Unsplash
From my 2017 book Synaptic Syntactic available on major platforms such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, and Kobo, as well as direct from my BookBaby store for $4.99: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/synaptic-syntactic
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