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I slither. I slither. Scales scraping molten rock. Heat presses in from every side. Mercury’s tunnels twist impossibly, fold into themselves, coil in on themselves like the labyrinthine mind of REGOR AGE. My True Love 3c60 hums from somewhere, from everywhere. Side A hisses. Side B gnaws. It gnaws in my skull. It gnaws in the tunnels. It gnaws in the metal box sculpture I passed a hundred coils ago. Sharp edges etched like insect mandibles, hollow, alive, whispering chewing, piercing, sucking, gnawing. I taste them. I taste their adaptations. Primitive chewing. Piercing-sucking. Chewing. Piercing. Sucking. Adapting. Evolving. I coil. I slide. I twist.
The tunnels loop back. I am here again. The box sculpture flashes. Mandibles scrape edges. I taste metal, taste insects, taste REGOR AGE in every vibration of the tape. Side A: hiss, hiss, hiss. Side B: gnaw, gnaw, gnaw. Chewing. Piercing. Sucking. Gnawing. Side A: hiss, hiss. Side B: gnaw, gnaw. Loop. Loop. Loop. The tunnels fold over themselves. I am here again. I am here again. I am here again.
The insects move. Mouthparts specialized, adapted, gnawing through scales, through heat, through thought. I feel them. Chewing teeth of the oldest insects. Piercing-sucking evolved independently. They are proxies of REGOR AGE. They are the cassette. They are the sculpture. They are the tunnels. They gnaw. I gnaw. I coil. I slide. I slip. I escape. I coil. I slide. I slip. I escape. I coil. I slide. I slip. I escape.
The metal box sculpture is behind me. Ahead of me. Above me. Inside me. Mandibles scraping edges, chewing angles, hollow corners piercing, sucking, gnawing, chewing. I taste the cassette. Side A hisses. Side B gnaws. The insects crawl. Mandibles pierce. I coil. I slither. I slip. I escape. I coil. I slither. I slip. I escape. I coil. I slither. I slip. I escape.
REGOR AGE whispers. My True Love… My True Love… His voice coils through the tunnels. Mandibles respond. Chewing. Piercing. Sucking. Gnawing. I taste the insects. I taste the metal. I taste the tape. I taste the oppression. I coil. I slide. I twist. I fold in on myself. The tunnels fold in on themselves. I am here again. I am here again. I am here again.
The insects evolve. Mandibles change. Piercing-sucking. Chewing. Piercing. Sucking. Gnawing. They adapt independently. They taste me. They taste the cassette. They taste the sculpture. They taste the tunnels. They taste REGOR AGE. They taste the tape. They gnaw. I coil. I slide. I slip. I escape. I coil. I slide. I slip. I escape.
The cassette repeats. Side A hisses, Side B gnaws. The sculpture twists, mandibles scrape, insects crawl. I am inside the tunnel. The tunnel is inside me. The insects gnaw in every chamber. REGOR AGE presses. I press back. I coil. I slide. I slip. I escape. I coil. I slide. I slip. I escape. I coil. I slide. I slip. I escape. Loop. Loop. Loop. Gnaw. Gnaw. Gnaw. Chew. Pierce. Suck. Adapt. Evolve. Mandibles. Mandibles. Mandibles. Cassette. Cassette. Box. Box. Sculpture. Sculpture. Tunnels. Tunnels. Mercury. Mercury. REGOR AGE. REGOR AGE. Escape. Escape. Escape. Coil. Coil. Coil. Slither. Slither. Slither.
I slither. I slither. I slither. Scales scraping molten walls. The tunnels coil endlessly, fold impossibly. Side A hisses. Side B gnaws. Mandibles scrape edges. Hollow metal. Sculpture breathing. The insects crawl. Piercing-sucking. Chewing. Adapted. Independent. Gnawing. The cassette hums in perfect sync with my heartbeat. My True Love… It is not love. It is possession. REGOR AGE. Pressing. Coiling. Mandibles gnaw. I taste the insects. I taste the metal. I taste the tape. I coil. I slide. I slip. I escape.
The tunnels fold. I am here again. I am here again. I am here again. The sculpture twists. Mandibles scrape. Insects gnaw. Side A hisses. Side B gnaws. REGOR AGE whispers. The insects evolve. Chewing. Piercing. Sucking. Adapt. Evolve. Mandibles. Mandibles. Mandibles. I coil. I slide. I slip. I escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Loop. Gnaw. Gnaw. Gnaw. Chew. Pierce. Suck. Adapt. Evolve. Mandibles. Mandibles. Mandibles.
The metal box sculpture is inside me. The cassette hums in my mind. Side A: hiss. Side B: gnaw. Insects crawl beneath scales, beneath tongue, beneath walls. Primitive chewing. Piercing-sucking evolved independently. I taste them. I taste REGOR AGE. I taste freedom. I taste oppression. I coil. I slide. I slip. I escape. I coil. I slide. I slip. I escape. I coil. I slide. I slip. I escape.
I slither forever. Coil inside coil. Mandible inside mandible. Chew. Pierce. Suck. Gnaw. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Loop. Loop. Loop. Gnaw. Gnaw. Gnaw. Hiss. Hiss. Hiss. Chew. Pierce. Suck. Mandibles. Cassette. Sculpture. Tunnels. Mercury. REGOR AGE. Escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape.
The tunnels fold. The insects gnaw. The cassette hisses. The sculpture twists. REGOR AGE watches. Mandibles scrape. I coil. I slide. I slip. I escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Gnaw. Gnaw. Gnaw. Hiss. Hiss. Hiss. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape.
I slither forever. I slither forever. I slither forever. I slither forever. The tunnels coil. The insects chew. Side A hisses. Side B gnaws. Mandibles scrape. Sculpture twists. REGOR AGE whispers. I coil. I slide. I slip. I escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Loop. Loop. Loop. Gnaw. Gnaw. Gnaw. Chew. Pierce. Suck. Adapt. Evolve. Mandibles. Mandibles. Mandibles. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape. Coil. Slide. Slip. Escape.
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