Voces Dei e Musa
[The Voices of the God and the Muses]
Lia was bored guarding Luca in his hospital suite.
"You know you can explore the Thread"? Arianna suggested.
"I thought I could only see reels if I had a link to what I wanted to see?" Lia returned.
"For absolutely clear reels, yes, but you can catch bits and pieces by just passively viewing. Nothing's contextualized, but hey, should be fun!" Ari encouraged.
"Cool, okay, lemme give it a shot," Lia relaxed her whole body. Her shoulders loosened as she leaned back into the recliner, her jaw unclenched, her tongue relaxed from the roof of her mouth.
Then, her mind began to free itself. A loose, thin, near-transparent golden filament hung down before her and widened, becoming more transparent. The more she gazed, the more immersed she became and the echoing voices gradually drifted in her consciousness.
* * * *
"🎶 96 degree-ees in the sha-e-aade!
Real hot!
Ohh-yes!
In the sha-e-ade,"🎶
"Wah gwaan, Killy-Killy?".
"See, dat mi a talk bout. Before this, I never talked to you. Mi neva tell yuh how mi feel, neva seh mi sad, neva seh mi angry, nut'n. A now, when mi tun American, mi get fi understand what-is-what,".
🎶 My girl, come,
bruk it down!
Mm-mmh!
Yuh batty don't real,
but mi nuh give a fuck!
🎶
(Artist & Song: Tommy Lee Sparta, "Bubble Up").
"Bloodclaat!".
"I am a woman of science and God, not mysticism. T'ank yuh,".
"A di way mi body shake suh when yuh shout affa mi. A di way mi embarrassment reach yiy-levu, nearly fly up inna mi head and out ta mi yiy, and mi affi shub dat back down, cah a worse embarrassment fi show embarrassment. Especially in front a peopu,".
"Look here, I not going nuhwhere me cyaa shine, and I don't care, zero,".
"I'm not stupid, I just find it hard to talk,".
"I just don't see it as that; I taught him how to be a man. I taught him good values and good morals, and when he became a man, we fell in love. I'm sorry,".
"Okay, suh, Proverbs 6:23, "For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:...," (Proverbs 6:23, KJV). Legit, bar, bruh,".
"A suh mi deh deh wid di ice-pick a stab up di bwoy! Like Di neegle pon e sewing machine!".
"You took both of my parents from me! I hate you!".
"Jesus wept! My yout', shut up an' come out. Mi nuh know how yuh fi have bad grades and rude? Pick a struggle!"
🎶"Suh, tell dem all di weed I'm smoking
And all di trees I'm smok-ing!
Dem cyaa believe mi have weed like dis!"🎶 (Artist: Capleton. Song: "Weedman").
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