sinking, sinking
the water gets darker.
but close your eyes at the deep end
and you will find a new colour,
a lighter shade of blue,
a darkness neither blue nor black.
this the searing joy,
the drowning breath.
BOOK THE SECOND||oberlin college, first year
Peruse through the second book of my Oblivion.
CHAPTER 1||moonbride wearin her veil of clouds: introducing oberlin!, damien, ohiopirg, roommate, drunkenness, the mario story, nerd dream, health issues, halloween, tv destruction, rant rant rant
CHAPTER 2||prophet of the north: snow, kyle, harkies, thanksgiving not in california, big insomnia, tracy, way too much beer, skess and natella's room, hallucination, greg, lounge nudity
CHAPTER 3||secret: winter term, weird christmas eve, stupid new year's eve, wind dance, deeelite, friendship salvation, hangin' with the piya and the jennella, reconciliation with dustin, clinton, xena, i love l.a., drinkin' with the piya and the nathan
CHAPTER 4||blushing haystacks: i lose all my clothes, denny's, professor young, carter, zwan, i hate gay people, glorious power outage and snow dance, satanic ritual abuse, stupid conference, costume party, refine my radiance, parties, paul, tunnels
CHAPTER 5||lamb eats lion: brad, bad? poetry, my life becomes too dramatic, war on iraq, spring break, drinking in california is better than drinking in ohio, crash!, high school sophomore synopsis, smidget, new living arrangement
CHAPTER 6||dreams charcoal dreams: more fun with tracy, drag ball, my life gets even more dramatic, jake, r.i.p. boy wonder, past relationships, bye bye brad, more on kyle, pesach and daffodils, spring!
CHAPTER 7||fountainscape: jamin, libera me domine, tracy's birthday, my birthday, summer, the ranch, bye bye buffy, good times with nathan, too much high school, ritual micky's, manors and pirates and spain and the best friends in the world, everyone goes to micky's, friendster, michael, peenie wallies, amelia rocks, le pig, story, 4 july, patricija, ruins, mickey, mike, l.a. weekly personals, the sirens story, ugly
CHAPTER 8||avalanche whisper: crazy good times with chris and the gang, sara, marriage, anniedog, good poets, sister, truck, trouble and reconciliation on the piya front, bad times with nathan, in n out, pants genocide, more mike