The drug was taking effect. He fought against it, but it was futile. His thoughts were #eluding him, like butterflies scattering at the first swipe of a child's net. #vss365 #elude

a will-o-wisp darts by
its blue body
#eluding the curious hand
wishing to undo its mystery
not quite like the firefly
willingly probed
within a glass boundary;
further it drifts
the moment someone
comes too close —
as if it knows
what the firefly
has yet to learn
about caution and trust
#vss365

Years of #eluding capture, deforestation and endless wildfires. I am tired. Let them take me.
But I find city people as wild as me, with bodies painted and pierced. "I like your look, Bigfoot," a man says. "You could make a lot of money."
They grow money in the Holly Wood. But not trees. #vss365

Skin to skin sympatico
Soaped-up slick
Cold-tile neck bites
& Slow licks:
A junkie's fix
Straight to the vein
Mainline muse
From body to brain
Easing the pain
Memories #eluding
While the water runs down
Wet with no regret
Like hot summer rain

#vss365

The words weren’t #eluding her anymore, and for that she was grateful, but the deluge of thoughts surged too fast and tangled. Clarity was harder to grasp than silence had ever been. #vss365

“No buts.“ Cutler said. “They are not plants and you know it, but if you fear them, I know a place.” Miss Wood shook her head and stopped #eluding the decision and said, “I will take them to the temple. They may even carry the caerulean of Alanter someday. #vss365

“Sharpening is a simple skill, easy to learn, cheap to practise and you said there is a time limit. I took up on it the moment I came here. In the three months people called me. I did not need to ask for work but it was frustrating how money kept #eluding me still.” #vss365

What more is there
To endure

2am
Sleep deposits me
In a lost dream

The ticket collector smiles
Punches bird-shaped holes
#eluding capture
They turn to starlight
In my hand

A neon question
Swings in the wind:
Does the quill retain words
Or just the slither
Of ink?

This is when I need you

#vss365

"Typical. I'm doing all the work while you're wasting time on that game!" I said to Riz, his little rat face glued to the phone.
"Dis s tier drop keeps #eluding me tho!"
"How much have you spent on that game?"
"Shudn't ya be workin?"
"You didn't answer me."
#vss365 #riztherogue