The Little People
The Little People are so interesting.
I have never seen them before.
I am watching them.
I am always watching them.
The hole in my cheek
bleeds a quick so soft and silvery.
We dig down again,
but we can’t breathe the air here.
The Little People can’t tell the difference.
They sing nonsense, they don’t understand.
I extend a gentle arm,
but the Little People gnaw my fingers cruelly.
I don’t retreat, my blood drives them insane.
I am watching them.
It is too hot down here.
We can’t hear our siblings scream.
The Others don’t watch the Little People like I do.
The Others can’t hear the Music.
We’re digging again.
We’re digging for cold.
The Others grow tired. I do not.
I like to watch the Little People kill each other.
I am bored with the Others.
I am starving.
The Others’ fingers are old and worn out,
Their hair is falling onto the ground.
I give my rations to the Little People.
They do not eat it. I do not eat it, either.
I think, for a moment, that perhaps we are dead.
Then, my hand catches and bleeds on a rock, and I remember.
The Little People tell me all sorts of secrets.
I cannot ever remember what they say.
The Others are digging.
I do not help them.
The Little People are so interesting.
I am always watching them.
The Others leave me here.
They are digging for cold.
The Little People make homes in my chest.
I cannot breathe the air here.
I am starving.
I am starving.
I hear the Music, and the Little People are dancing.
I dance, too.
The Others don’t remember my name,
but I don’t either, so I don’t mind.
I fall asleep,
though my very instincts know I should not.
When I wake, it will be somewhere else,
but now, I am with the Little People.