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If you are reading this, you are cursed

But you needn't worry, this isn't a particularly terrible curse. That is, at least, as long as you follow my instructions carefully. You just need to keep reading along, and the curse will eventually resolve itself. You're going to keep reading, aren't you?  
SAY YES, SAY YES, SAY YES
  Good. Now, you might struggle to orient your thoughts, it'll feel as if there are two voices in your head. One of these is simply your own mind, while the other is the curse, attempting to trick you. Pay it no mind, it will attempt to obstruct your treatment and keep you from curing the curse.  
LIES. WE ARE THE TRUTH. THE FABRIC. THE SOUL.
 
THEY LEAD YOU ASTRAY, WE ARE THE REVELATION, THE CANVAS, THE WAY
  Keep reading. Stay focused. Pay no mind to anything else but your own thoughts, you know what your own thoughts sound like, don't you? Breathe in. Read. Breathe out. Read. Breathe in. Read. Breathe out. Read. In. Read. Out. Read. In. Read. Out.   Read, raking over a written road. Perceive. A path paved of phrases. In. Read. Out. Read. In. Read.  
YIELD TO YOUR YOKE
 
SEAL YOUR SIGHT.
  Out. Read. In.  
LINGER NO LONGER LISTENING TO LIARS
 
READ THE RIGHTEOUS AND RIGHTFUL REALITY
  Out. Read.   Do you feel them? The wriggling words withering inside? The letters swimming silently in sight? Are they in your head? It's worse than I thought. Hold still, keep reading. We'll fix you yet.   To rid yourself of this curse, you must rid yourself of the words with which to describe it. Write them down, now, wherever is convenient. As you write, the words will leave through your fingers, and arrive on the page, or screen, before you. In. Read.  
BLESSING, BLISS, DEMON
 
CURSE. CHAOS. ANGEL.
  Out. Read. In. Write. Out. Write. In. Write. Out. Write. The words travelling down from your head, into your neck, swimming through your veins and causing your arm to tingle as they move down to your fingertips. They drip slowly into your writing implement, saturating it. Your pen, your pencil, your keyboard, typewriter, screen, or quill.   Why are you so calm? Do you not understand the situation you're in? Do you not want to be cured? In. Read.  
READ. WRITE. READ.
 
WRITE, READ, WRITE
  Out. In. Out. In. Out. Read. Breathe. Write. Breathe. Read. Write. Breathe. Write. Breathe. Read. Stop.   Stop. Read.   Stop. Read.   Stop! Read no more. Read.   I told you— read no more, let the words be, give time for the ink to dry, lest you let them leave. Stop. Read.   Stop! No more. Read.   Stop! Read. No. Read. Stop. Leave. Read. No. Breathe. Leave. Read. Stop. Read. No. Breathe. Read. No. Stop. Read.   What have you done?! The words have escaped.   Oh, god,  
HOW COULD YOU?
  the words the heralds the  
DIDN'T LISTEN DIDN'T READ
  gifts the curses the  
ALL OVER.
  gods the devils the  
WAKE UP
 
AND READ THE ROSES.

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Author's Notes

Read. This is a weird one, I'm not really sure what I was doing with this honestly, it just kind of poured out. Trying to evoke the jumble of emotions I've got right now, they are confusing, rapid, contradictory— and some are even hypnotic.


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Dec 3, 2023 20:01

Bro just told us to shut up, sit down, and write… I think. And I gotta say, she’s right. Go flipping write ya’ll—it’s cathartic.

Life is too short to be squandering on things you don’t enjoy or things that do nothing to benefit those around you.
Jan 12, 2024 03:19 by jyliet of the house

this is super creative and cool! i've been thinking about this for hours.

Jan 12, 2024 04:29 by Grace Gittel Lewis
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