LJ Idol // Week 19 // Mirage

[serpentpixie]

The Art of Pretending.

At birth, we buy in.
Big Blind.
Little Blind.
Deal.
You cannot change the hand with which you begin.
(Thankfully, in the game of life, bluffing is the only way to win.)

Burn.

Check.

And then,
In the dark and the silence, there are monsters in the crevice of your mind.

(The first rule of monster is: do not talk of the monster in

Comments

[hellboy]

This is nifty! I can sort of hear the narrator voice in my head as I read it (three times now), all monotone and creepy.

[serpentpixie]

:) Thank you!
Very monotone and creepy, those monsters :)

[tigrkittn]

I particularly like, "The illusion of the game is life.
The real play is all inside my mind." but the last bit made me think, "*glee!!*"

[serpentpixie]

Glee?
As in... bad American TV glee?
O_O

[tigrkittn]

LOL! I thought of that after I hit the button - no, not as in the TV show! As in *squee* or *happydance* :)

[serpentpixie]

Hahaha, I've not really seen much TV Glee but... I was a bit worried for a moment - I was all like, "how did you get musical theatre from that?!"

[myrna_bird]

This made me think of a funny thing I recently read. Don't ask me why. It said, "If all the world is a stage, then where does the audience sit?"

I LOVE this entry!

[serpentpixie]

Oh, what a brilliant quotation! I like that a lot :)

Thank you :) :)

[myrna_bird]

:)

[yachiru]

I like the rhythm and how you can almost hear fingers snap at points. Reminded me of Gwendolyn Brooks.

[serpentpixie]

:) Thank you :) I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)

[beeker121]

Oddly enough, this reminded me a bit of a passage in the beginning of "Good Omens" by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. I love the first rule of monster, it seems to be very smart indeed.

[serpentpixie]

Oh, I love Good Omens!! It's such a fantastic book!

I like the first rule of monster too :)