Words Drowned by Fireworks
Josh Zimmerer
Someone out there,
a considerable length away
from this tomb’s miraculous
demise, could do
something as well, anything.
Someone out there,
a considerable length away
from this tomb’s miraculous
demise, could do
something as well, anything.
I can’t help but hear “Aerith’s Theme” from Final Fantasy VII the way I hear “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic. Both are 1997 babies. Both elegize a young, poor, plucky, orphaned savior. Both build to swollen, gushy climaxes.
Ultima Weapon is an enormous dragon-like creature that flies through the sky near the end of the game. If you bump into it (Him? Her? Why does wondering make this sadder to tell?) with your airship, it will fly away and not bug you. If you really want to, you can follow it.
I borrow my womb from
myself to be a nest for your thoughts. I want to exist as someone’s
metaphor.
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