PERDURABO
For at the End there shall be Nought to Endure
“I made the toads hop, the witches skip, and the monkeys dance to the persistent crank of the organ grinder, which played a melancholy tune that falls outside their hearing range. Life is strange, but I am even stranger… ever the stranger.”
“But why? Why create spectacle for its own sake?”
“I once invested my creations with purpose, gave them a meaning supreme; but this just made them mean. I gave them freedom to pursue their own pleasure, but this just made them cruel. I sent them out as stars, and they returned as toads, witches, and monkeys. What was I to do but make them hop and skip and dance in their mad, ugly trance? What was I to do but predetermine the story I once left to chance?”
“But why do you care at all?’
“I vowed I shall endure unto the end.”
“But there is no end!”
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No more replies.
Just a smile,
A wile which sparkled
A darkling spark
In the depths of his eyes…
One last chapter in The Book of Lies.
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C. Rommial Butler
C. Rommial Butler is a writer, musician and philosopher from Indianapolis, IN. His works can be found online through multiple streaming services and booksellers.
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Arggghh the poor creatures. Great job and congrats!!
Wow! congrats on top story!
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Loved this so much - a wonderful take on the prompt. Congratulations on Top Story recognition. Well-earned.
Congrats on TS. Well deserved. As creepy as it was prognostic. Sometimes, we jus suck.
Wow.
Wow. That was really well done and quote relevant to our current state of humanity. Congrats on the TS.
Amazing read Congratulations on TS
That last line shakes the page, excellent
This just made them cruel. Perhaps it's better we dance?
Alas, there is no end. This was an excuse take on the challenge!
Loved the last line!!! Bravo!!!❤️❤️💕
Excellent job my friend. Your following details help me to catch up the big picture.
I did not want to mar the simplicity of the piece with a commentary, but will remark that this connects to Chapter 70 of Aleister Crowley's "Book of Lies" for anyone seeking further reference.
But is it a last chapter or was that a lie too, this was great fun
You set the tone with the music. When I read this, I sense something which I can't quite put my finger on; that unsettles me but not overly - it puts me on my guard. It makes me wary, that's the word, of the narrator and his motives.