one
She spent the night alone with body bruised and skirts asunder.
He found his sister
in the morning, soaking in a puddle. "Let´s run away,"
she said. "He beats us both
incessantly. I know a place beneath the city where we´ll stay
forever lost. I´ve seen
the waifs emerge from the underground. They roam the catacombs
and everywhere
underneath. We could live secretly, away from society!"
two
Away after sunset, they tumbled trough the darkened city,
searching for cold grates
with bars agape like twisted teeth and jawbones pulled wide and
cracking. Wet and
talking wind forbade them! "Just shut your ears," she
said. "Orphans are surrounded
by these things. Hold my hand, I´ll lead you below! We´ll find
an alcove and no one
will know about us! We will live secretly, away from
society!"
three
They wet their tiny kitten paws on rotting rocks and water. They
skinned their
whiskers digging deep where darkness settles into corners and
tooth marks, sightless
eyes and sunken ceilings. Sentient depths awoke and noticed them;
they started
screaming. Let´s hurry back," she said, "before we are
swallowed! Run now, my
darling child! I´ll be sure to follow closely! We must hide
desperately, away from
monstrosities!"
four
"My hope is dissolved," she sobbed. "It´s coming
this way! I shall belay its chase so
that you may flee these tunnels!" But he stood stolidly, and
held her hand loyally.
outro one
Next week, next year, there is a somebody who hears their feet
underneath.... They
stop and tilt and frown. They hear them drowning- no, the wind
singing just below
the street...
outro two
"You´re here with me... it´s just we two. So if you´ve
died, why then I have, too..."