Pier 2025, 2022 — MaxxM Studio Cave

The duplicity of one track
Back and forth

One for you
One for me
One for you
One for me

Moving slowly down the line
Untying each cord as you go
We remove our outer layers
And hoist our weapons of choice sky high.

Steel sparks as we turn in combat
Slowly, methodically flaying the other
Who will breathe last?
A pause in the playful killing,
We squeeze the clutch
Braking slowly.

Lowering our weapons,
We stand across the field from each other
Breathing heavily.
Thunder claps on the horizon
As water laden clouds roll in overhead.

Looking up as they open,
Prolonged eye contact before easing the clutch.
Floating gears to resume where we left off:
Sprinting toward center.

One down four up,
This time rolling the throttle
To make the tightest turn,
You catch me as I scream past and now
The blood from my split throat
Drips onto Fluevogs.

Dropping to my knees I smile a knowing smile
Removing the tiny blade from between my lower lip and teeth.
Falling at your feet I lift the razor’s edge
And in one stroke

Sever your Achilles tendon.