The VCR Diaries- A Poetic Documental based on the Novel Erased
Act 3- Reece,Part 2 It’s still hard to see. The room is filled with projections. It was a sharp turn back there, and if they
didn’t grasp the context of the documentals two acts ago, now they’ve got
it. I’m the child. Cassie is the single adult, and Veronica is
the mother. We’ve all faced a trap or
two, and we’ve all left it face down.
From here, I grow up quickly.
Swapping Dreams
I still remember her, Her dreams, They’re brutal.
She still recalls me, My visions, They’re crucial.
Sometimes they’re one and the same, Other times they're two.
Her cheekbones are high, Her forehead hard, Her mouth glued shut, For the most part.
I’m outspoken, And I hide my cheekbones behind a
smile.
When she looks at herself in the mirror, She quivers, And she knows she doesn’t belong
there.
I stare, She stares back, It’s the promise in me that chills
her, And it’s the weakness in her that
tempers me.
I carry her in my purse, Never had the guts to dispose o…