This is an excerpt from a new work of fiction, “The Disappeared” due out early 2023. Some of the chapters are preceded by lyrics or poems intended to be authored by the characters. “This Spot Here” is the creative work of the female protagonist.
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This spot here
The one I know to be mine
This spot here
I’ll hold onto
’til my last breath is gone
Do what you will
Do what you must
I’ll never surrender
‘til my flesh is dust
This spot here
The one I know to be mine
This spot here
I’ll hold onto
’til my last breath is gone
Not Fire, Not Famine, Not motherfucking Death
Nothing will drive me
From out this mess
I’ve carved it out
This spot is mine
I ain’t budging
So long as I’m alive
This spot here
The one I know to be mine
This spot here
I’ll hold onto
’til the end of time
Fuck yourself
Fuck your ma
Fuck your promises
Fuck you dollars
I made this mine
and so it stays
Until the end of motherfucking days