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The M​ö​bius Kiss

by Catherine Rudie

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THROW US IN THE WATER DROWN US OUT YOU WILL HEAR YOUR DAUGHTERS WHEN ALL THE OTHER SOUNDS FADE OUT BUT WE WILL DIVE MUCH FURTHER DOWN WE’LL FIND THE PEARLS STILL TO BE FOUND WE’LL BRING THEM BACK TO SOLID GROUND AND LAY THESE LULLABIES AT YOUR FEET HUSH HUSH NOW, HUSH HUSH NOW BE BEAUTIFUL, BE NICE, BUT BE QUIET BUT DON’T MAKE A SOUND IN OUR SLEEP WE DREAM AND IN OUR DREAMS, UNPREDICTABLE THINGS, UNPREDICTABLE THINGS SWIM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 x5 100 99 98 97 96... 85 COSMO KITTY SO MANY ENDINGS WHERE TO BEGIN LADY DANGER TODAY IS BORING, FORGOT TO WIN LET’S DIE HARD LIKE A BAD IDEA BUT ONLY THEM, WE ALWAYS JUMP CLEAR FIRE AND ICE RUBY WOO WE ARE THE HEAD BUT NOT THE FEET STRANGE MAGIC WE ARE NOT KINDNESS BUT BELIEF WE ARE IMPRESSIVE WHEN WE FIRST MEET THEN FADE QUICKLY INTO YOU AND ME HONOLULU HONEY OH FOR THE MOBIUS KISS THAT WILL NOT END SILVER CITY PINK WE ARE A RUSSIAN DOLL OF PROBLEMS BUT WE CAN’T QUITE CONTAIN OURSELVES BOMBSHELL WE ARE ESCAPING IN THE MORNING WE ARE NOT EMBARASSED, IT STILL SELLS OH FOR THE MOBIUS KISS THAT WILL NOT END WE ARE A MATTRESS ON THE STREET CLUELESS WE CLOSE THE DOOR, RETURN THE KEYS SAFE WORD WE KEEP THE NUMBER THAT WE CAN’T SEEM TO DELETE THERE IS NO WE... THERE’S ONLY YOU, THERE’S ONLY ME WOO HOO WOO HOO AND OH FOR THE MOBIUS KISS THAT WILL NOT END AND OH FOR THE MOBIUS KISS THAT WILL NOT END STRANGE MAGIC SO MANY ENDINGS, WHERE TO BEGIN TODAY IS BORING, FORGOT TO WIN LET’S DIE HARD, LIKE A BAD IDEA BUT ONLY ME... YOU ALWAYS....... JUMP CLEAR WOO HOO HOO CHERRIES IN THE SNOW OH FOR THE MOBIUS KISS 10 9... OH FOR THE MOBIUS KISS 87 6 MEDUSA 54 OH FOR THE MOBIUS KISSES 32 1 DAH DAH DAH DAH DAH ETC EVER AFTER HONOLULU HONEY 1993 CHERRIES IN SNOW RUBY WOO VIVA GLAM SILVER CITY PINK ELECTRIC ORANGE
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YOUR RED AND LIGHT BLUE TOP IS CHANGING ALL MY PREVIOUS THOUGHTS ABOUT YOU I CAN’T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT YOU NOW YOU LOOK SO GOOD IN BLUE, YOU DO YOUR TAN IS SUPER COOL, AMUSED YOU TURN TO ME WITH EYES THAT CATCH THE SUN I SWORE I WOULDN’T DO THIS ANYMORE I MOVED ACROSS THE FLOOR BEFORE I WAS AWARE THAT I WAS MOVING LONDON IS CHANGING IT’S NOT THE SAME IS IT? ONDON IS CHANGING I LIKED IT MORE, WITH YOU IN IT 3.22 RAIN ON THE ROOF I’M STILL AWAKE, HOW AWAKE ARE YOU? I REFUSE TO ASK, I CHOOSE NOT TO CONTINUE YOUR RED AND LIGHT BLUE TOP IS CHANGING ALL MY PREVIOUS THOUGHTS ABOUT YOU I CAN’T HELP BUT WONDER WHERE YOU ARE LONDON IS CHANGING IT’S NOT THE SAME IS IT? LONDON IS CHANGING I LIKED IT MORE, WITH YOU IN IT I’LL BUY A TICKET TO A PLACE THAT WE ONCE KNEW GO THERE JUST TO WALK AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS
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I WATCH THE DOTS ACROSS MY SCREEN I AM A SERIOUS MAN DON’T THINK OF DARK SPACES IN BETWEEN JUST THE BACK OF MY GUIDING HAND DON’T THINK IT’S STRANGE TO SEE WHAT WAS ABOVE NOW BELOW ME AT MY FINGERTIPS AT MY FINGERTIPS I NEVER ASK WHY THEY’RE MOVING WHEN THEY’RE MOVING TO MORE OF THE SAME I AM TRYING TO STITCH AS THEY’RE BREAKING IT MAKE IT SOMETHING WHOLE AGAIN DON’T THINK IT’S STRANGE TO SEE CLOCKWORK NUMBERS ABOVE ME ARE THEY ABOUT TO FALL? ARE THEY ABOUT TO FALL?
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BROKEN BOTTLES ON THE EDGE OF PLAYING FIELDS A RUNAWAY CAR, BEHIND, BEHIND YOU AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE KNOWN ARE VERY NORMAL DANGERS HIDING THERE IN PLAINEST SIGHT WE ARE NOT, IN THE PROCESS OF OUR LIVES ALWAYS ABLE TO STAY AWAY FROM SHARP KNIVES WE ARE NOT, IN THE PROCESS OF OUR LIVES ALWAYS ABLE TO STAY AWAY FROM SHARP KNIVES YOU PULL THE STEERING WHEEL YOU TOUCH THE FRAYING WIRE YOU’RE SWIMMING FROM SHALLOW WATER TO THE CENTRE OF THE RESERVOIR YOU HAVE A FEAR OF FLYING YOU FORGET THE TINY DETAILS THE VERY NORMAL DETAILS HIDING THERE IN PLAINEST SIGHT WE ARE NOT, IN THE PROCESS OF OUR LIVES ALWAYS ABLE TO STAY AWAY FROM SHARP KNIVES x7
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OUR SECRETS SLEEP IN WINTER CLOTHES UNDER DECKS OF ROCKING BOATS ON A NORTHERN FACING COAST IN A HARBOUR OF GRUDGES SHE WHO JUDGES WILL BE JUDGED WHISPERS SOFTLY, ELBOW NUDGES BETTER TO BE ON THE OPEN SEA THAN IN YOUR HARBOUR OF GRUDGES YOU STILL HOLD YOUR THOUGHTS AGAINST ME AS ONCE YOU HELD YOURSELF AGAINST ME ONCE YOU BREATHED THE SAME AIR THAT I BREATHE NOW YOU BREATHE TO CURSE ME SHOUT THE LIE AND WHISPER THE TRUTH I HATE YOU I FEAR YOU I MISS YOU I LOVE YOU MEMORIES FLOAT LIKE SEAWEED GROWS IN OUR HARBOUR OF GRDUGES UNTIE THE ROPES, UNTANGLE YOUR THOUGHTS THE STORM IS OVER, YOU SHOULD GO OUT TOWARDS A NORTHERN DAWN ON WAVES LIKE WALLS COLLAPSING OUR SECRETS SLEEP IN WINTER CLOTHES UNDER DECKS OF ROCKING BOATS ON A NORTHERN FACING COAST IN A HARBOUR OF GRUDGES SHE WHO JUDGES WILL BE JUDGED WHISPERS SOFTLY, ELBOW NUDGES BETTER TO BE ON THE OPEN SEA x2
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LET’S DRAW A MAP OF THE STARS TO FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE THERE’S RUMOURS FLYING AROUND SECRETS TO BE FOUND LET’S FIND A PLACE TO LIE REST OUR HEADS BACK, WATCH THE SKY THERE’S RUMOURS FLYING AROUND WAY ABOVE THE GROUND WHERE WE ARE WE DON’T KNOW A PALE BLUE DOT IN DRIFTING SNOW ARE WE PASSENGERS OR ARE WE CARGO? AND WE ARE SLEEPY, WE ARE SLOW IN YOUR EYES ARE WORRIES IN A SHOPPING LIST OF COLOURS IN YOUR ROOM PIECES OF THE UNIVERSE SWIM ROUND YOU’VE TAKEN THE INSTRUCTIONS YOU’VE THROWN THEM ALL AWAY ALL THEY GAVE WERE DIRECTIONS TO WHERE WE WERE YESTERDAY WHERE WE ARE WE DON’T KNOW A PALE BLUE DOT IN DRIFTING SNOW ARE WE PASSENGERS OR ARE WE CARGO? AND WE ARE SLEEPY, WE ARE SLOW AN ALKALYNE SOLUTION OF COMPUTERS A HAND STITCHED QUILT OF COMMUTERS A SOFT CARESS OF RETAIL SPACES A HAT TRICK OF STRANGERS FACES THE HOMESICKNESS OF SAND DUNES A RINGTONE OF DECIPHERED RUNES THE TICKTOCK OF DIRTY SPOONS A TUMBLEDRYER OF CHANGING ROOMS A SHOPPING LIST OF COLOURS x3
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I HEAR YOU WILL NOT IGNORE YOU RECOGNISE THE VALIDITY OF WHAT YOU SAY I HEAR YOU WILL NOT IGNORE YOU WON’T ARGUE FOR ARGUMENTS SAKE I HEAR YOU WILL NOT IGNORE YOU WON’T DO WHAT THE OTHERS DO I HEAR YOU WILL NOT IGNORE YOU CHASING WASPS HOPING FOR A TASTE OF HONEY I AM NOT THE CHILD IN THE CHARITY POSTER BUT I AM PAPER THIN OVERHEAR MY DREAMS IN DAYTIME SCENES THEY ARE WHISPERING SOMETHING I AM NOT THE PILOT IN THE HELICOPTER LANDING IN THE PLAYGROUND OF THE SCHOOL SUMMER WAS SO LONG WITH THE DAYS EXPANDING PROMISING SOMETHING CHASING WASPS HOPING FOR HONEY x2
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THOSE WHO PAY LESS, PAY TWICE AND WE SURVIVE BY POURING WATER ON DUST MITES AND SPIDER BITES AND THE FEELINGS IGNORED FLOW OVER THE FLOOR AND MAKE A SOFT NEST FOR THE FIELD MICE IT’S NOT A CROWN, IT’S A TRAP IT’S NOT A CROWN IT’S TRAP IT’S NOT A CROWN, IT’S TRAP TRAP TRAP GVE IT BACK GIVE IT BACK GIVE IT BACK AND SWEEP DIRT SO CAREFULLY OVER YOUR CARELESS TRACKS TIGHT GOLD CHAIN FALLS LOOSE FROM A WAIST SPIRALS TWISTS AND SNAKES ALONE IN A LIFT NOTE PUSHED UNDER DOOR IGNORED FOR TWO FLOORS IGNORE FOR TWO MORE LATE EVENING OLD MAN ROSE TINT STREETS WITH SIAMESE CATS WITH SIAMESE CATS MAGPIE IRRIDESCENT STRIP BLACK TIP FLEW AWAY FAST FLEW AWAY FAST ALGORITHM LOCK IN BIAS FROM THE PAST BUY A BEAUTY MASK BUY A BEAUTY MASK DENS ROAD LOST KEYS PAVEMENT CRACKS NEVER THINK OF THIS NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT BILLBOARD BLANK PAGE HIDDEN SKATER PARK TASTE IS EVERYTHING TASTING EVERYTHING DON’T MOVE LONG ENOUGH LIGHTS GO OUT SINGING INTHE DARK SINGING IN THE DARK THIRD FLOOR OPEN PLAN DON’T BREAK GLASS PASS TO GET YOU IN PASS TO GET YOU PASSED POLLINATING INSECT HUMMING NEAR YOUR EAR SUDDENLY APPEARS SUDDENLY APPEARS ROOFTOP CLOUD COVER WINDOWSILL IMPOSSIBLY FULL IMPOSSIBLE TO FILL DREAMWEAVE DON’T BREATHE PHOTOSHOP CRASH ALWAYS SAVE ALWAYS SAVE GRAND THEFT SMALL FRY MISSING MICROWAVE THERE’S NO GREY IN MY DAY BAT WINGS BEE STINGS GUINEAU PIG GRAVES DON’T DO THAT DON’T DO THAT FEELING YOUR OWN VOICE VIBRATING SKULL DON’T DO THIS DON’T DO THIS DON’T MOVE LONG ENOUGH LIGHTS GO OUT SINGING IN THE DARK SINGING IN THE DARK ROOFTOP CLOUD COVER WINDOWSILL IMPOSSIBLY FULL IMPOSSIBLE TO FILL GLEBE ROAD LEYLINES MAGIC NINES SIN OR WIN SIN OR WIN MAY FLIES HENS EYES STARING DOWN BUT NOT FOR LONG, NOT FOR LONG WHEEL SPINS HUMMING CURCULAR SAW OPENING DOOR OPENING DOOR TELEPHONE RINGING VINTAGE FILM ARE YOU WATCHING THIS WATCHING THAT ROLL OF PAPER COLOURING IN SCROLLING SCORES SCROLLING SCORES ROOFTOP CLOUD COVER WINDOWSILL IMPOSSIBLY FULL IMPOSSIBLE TO FILL
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GOD OF THE INSECTS AND GOD OF THE STARS GOD OF THE FAMILY INSIDE THEIR CAR GOD OF THE STREETS I WALK DOWN AT DUSK OF CARDBOARD TREES, GOD OF WHITE MUSK GOD OF THE HANDLE ON THE DOOR OF THE ROOM GOD OF REFLECTIONS OF DIGITAL ZOOMS GOD OF LAST KISSES AND OF THE UNSAID GOD OF NEAR MISSES, OF LAST A TO Z’S THE WORLD SPINS, IT LETS YOU WALK THROUGH A PRAYER FOR ALL IT IS, BEFORE IT’S YOU A HIDDEN SENTRY UNSURE WHAT HE SEES SENSES ACID ON THE SUMMER BREEZE MACHINE GUN GLINTS FROM A DISTANT WINDOW PAPER FREEDOM BURNING LOW GOD OF BELIEF GOD OF TINIEST DOUBT A KISS ON THE CHEEK NOT A KISS ON THE MOUTH A HALL OF MIRRORS A WALL OF SOUND ELECTRIC FENCE ON SHIFTING GROUND THERE’S ONLY ECHOES COUNT AGAINST YOU WE ARE MANY THEY ARE FEW THE WORLD SPINS, IT LETS YOU WALK THROUGH A PRAYER FOR ALL IT IS, BEFORE IT’S YOU A HIDDEN SENTRY UNSURE WHAT HE SEES SENSES ACID ON THE SUMMER BREEZE

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released November 8, 2019

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Catherine Rudie Glasgow, UK

‘A fascinating personal debut’ Jude Rogers, The Guardian
“A message for our times" — Tom Robinson, BBC 6MUSIC
“We’re predicting big things" — Nick Luscombe, The Late Junction, BBC RADIO 3

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