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Published:
2023-07-14
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pallid

Summary:

I got the tickets. My wife is dying.

Must leave town.

Notes:

(See the end of the work for notes.)

Work Text:

Endless gray. Thick air. Lonely.

Must leave town.

Wife is sick. Got the tickets. Board the train.

Must leave town.

Lights are flickering. The flies are frying. The walls are smelly.

Must leave town.

Pallid faces, dead-eyed faces, everybody is empty.

Must leave town.

No children left. The birds are flying. Life is static.

Must leave town.

Dirty food, dirty water, my body is deteriorating.

Must leave town.

Got the tickets. The trains are not stopping. My wife is dying.

Everybody’s left.

Must leave town.

 

Notes:

it's 2am and I was wandering around the map of Babbdi when a jumble of words formed in my brain and I guess this is my first attempt at poetry(?)
Also I guess this is the first Babbdi fanfic in AO3 huh
or maybe in general?

P.S. I have my favorite video essayists Jacob Geller and eurothug4000 to thank for introducing me to this odd, atmospheric little game

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