{"id":3186,"date":"2014-08-18T16:15:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T20:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2014-08-18T16:16:12","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T20:16:12","slug":"altered-words-things-as-they-should-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/18\/altered-words-things-as-they-should-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Altered Words: Things As They Should Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, it&#8217;s not a new Nine Inch Nails song&#8230;it&#8217;s time for another Altered Words post!<\/p>\n<p>Hello, patrons, readers and friends alike! Bet you thought I forgot about you, huh? Perish the thought! I&#8217;ve been working on the ebook that will be going out before the end of the month (yeah, not going to lie&#8230;this one&#8217;s been giving me trouble) &#8211; but I DO have a new Altered Words poem to keep you occupied.<\/p>\n<p>I found this poem in <a href=\"http:\/\/toddkeisling.com\/tk\/?page_id=1619\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>The Liminal Man<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, the 2nd book in the Monochrome Trilogy by my good friend <strong>Todd Keisling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In case you haven&#8217;t heard of Todd yet, be sure to check out his Ugly Little Things &#8211; a series of creepy, crass and often skin-curdling tales. They give you a good does of his warped style and are sure to be a gateway for any horror lover into Todd&#8217;s longer works.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>CHALLENGE ALERT!<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nLater this week, I&#8217;ll be issuing a challenge for everyone who wants to try their hand at Altered Words, with details on how you can grab a copy of one of my ebook!<\/p>\n<p>For now, I give you Things As They Should Be&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Note<\/strong>: As I was working on this poem, I was listening to <a href=\"http:\/\/lustmord.bandcamp.com\/track\/corvus-mysterium\" target=\"_blank\">Corvus Mysterium by Lustmord<\/a> &#8211; it makes a nice little soundtrack if you want to use as as mood music by which to read.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>THINGS AS THEY SHOULD BE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3188\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/18\/altered-words-things-as-they-should-be\/tlm_pg120\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/TLM_pg120.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"561,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TLM_pg120\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/TLM_pg120.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/TLM_pg120.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3188\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/TLM_pg120.jpg\" alt=\"TLM_pg120\" width=\"561\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>From The Liminal Man &#8211; page 120<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A monstrous sea of eyes and teeth,<br \/>\nwith glee, pursued their prey.<br \/>\nA shrill laugh echoed,<br \/>\nbegan to weaken,<br \/>\nbut a few moments later, he was alone.<br \/>\nA gaping emptiness, a black hole pulling at his insides,<br \/>\na memory of humanity,<br \/>\nof its many tethers,<br \/>\nthat banal coil.<br \/>\nThe gray manifested within his being;<br \/>\nthrough the infinite murk<br \/>\nthe Monochrome&#8217;s lifeless abyss,<br \/>\nhe could see things as they should be.<br \/>\nThe riddle of flesh and mediocrity festering beneath their skin,<br \/>\ntheir strings his to pull now.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of <strong>Things As They Should Be<\/strong>? If you&#8217;ve read <em><strong>The Liminal Man<\/strong><\/em>, does it give readers a good snapshot of the larger story? Share your thoughts in the comments section!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Original text of The Liminal Man \u00a9 Todd Keisling<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, it&#8217;s not a new Nine Inch Nails song&#8230;it&#8217;s time for another Altered Words post!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[353,212,351,350,352],"class_list":["post-3186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-writing","tag-poem","tag-poetry","tag-the-liminal-man","tag-tlm","tag-todd-keisling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - 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