II. Monsters of the Void

Hello again, and welcome to tonight's program

A wonderful show it is, for you that is…

A beautiful imbalance of provocative wonders

Simmered together in an elixir of intoxication

The modern day alchemist roams the night for the eyes of sensuality

The midnight occupiers of the everlasting void

A world you understand but can't comprehend

A life you comprehend but don't understand

The unsaid pleasures of private fantasy

The untold fantasy of malevolent pleasures



Please come in

Don't be shy

We're all here

Waiting for you

Yes this way

Keep walking till you see the door

Yes

This is the door

The door for you

16

Room 16

It's unlocked

It's ok.

Please,

Walk in

This is your door

This is your mind

This is the door to your mind

Room 16



Where were you when you were 16?

Do you remember that one night that changed everything?
That one girl?
That one boy?
Finding yourself…. Did it happen?

Did you feel misunderstood?
Or
Did you misunderstand others?

I remember only too well.

The stories I faced
The ridicule I endured

"You need to be punished" said the stepfather-person, "But since you think you are old enough to make your own decisions, here's one for you.Now it's either you or your cat.I can either gut you or gut your cat…decide now,Which of you doesn't get gutted?"

I look up at my little cat, squeezed underneath his massive arm

I didn't put it past him that he would hurt me in an unimaginable way

I point to myself, saying that I didn't want to be gutted.

"Wow." The stepfather-person says, "You must not love your own pets.Some person you'll turn out to be."

He tosses the cat to the ground and leaves to his room.



The next day the cat is gone.

What cruel manifestations we are of all our sins

What dark creatures we are, yet we are terrified of the monsters underneath our bed

The monsters in the other room

The monster that sits at your dinner table

The monster that beats your mother

The monster that kicks you into a bookshelf

The monster that strangles you

The monsters

The monsters we all have the potential to become

But do we?

I'd like to think that some of us can become angels instead

Not monster or demons

But some do

In fact

Many of us do, indeed become the monsters we hate; the monsters we fear.




This has been tonight's program.We'd like to thank the academy and all who made this possible:Quarters, Jimi Hendrix, Ronald Dahl, Marilynn Monroe, Bret Easton Ellis, watches, Eastern Promises, A history of Violence, Daniel Day Lewis, Rebecca Hall, Cocteau Twins, tomatoes, graphic novels, There will be blood,red gel pens, gold frames and all the little people.
Thank you and please visit us again.