The Void

Arif Varelino
3 min readJan 1, 2023

Staring at a blank space post-depressing life altering event just a night before is a sign of an individual approaching its edge. The old guy with gloves covered in blood sits down the couple for an important brief, making sure everyone’s story dovetails one to another.

“None of this, ever happened”

Take notes, because this is integral. You gotta grasp the moments with body gestures, like a fist holding tightly to whatever it is you wish to dump to the sea. Don’t listen to the whole modern narratives, if you are alone, then you are alone. Sit back and think of the next day.

Never put more then half a spoon of sugar to your coffee, it’s a bad habit from your grandmother. Do it altruistically, forget what they told you on the internet about the insulin or toxic dopamine flows in your neuro system. For god sake, you’re better than that.

Again, you’re so gray, but you need more of that gray matter thingy in your brain. Seriously, your genius of mind is rotating between a Mozart level of masterpiece to a mix of animal cells of a snake and a fucking rat. Stare at the blank space, come on, you think I painted that perfect rounded circle in a perfect #000000 hex code just for some asshole to later vandalize it?

It’s no worse than fucked up if you keep silent, but I haven’t worked out the alternatives either. I am sorry that you’ve been waiting this whole time for the so-called miracle but it simply doesn’t exist. Numbing the pain in music and movies won’t help you in reality, and if you think that at least you’re a cultured person which gives you the idea that you are intellectually superior compared to others, than you need to drown in cold water and get straighten up.

Hold your hand with power, or at best, got it handcuffed. Ask John to fetch the money for you, eat like a dog, paint like Picasso. The sky is blue and I see birds flying to the west in search for a brand new nest. Move along, run, even if it’s full of bricks and you’re not pretty. Move.

I think, it’s around 2 millions, could be 6 next week. Double it to 12, leave around 2 for the 5th arrival. Speak when you’re asked, stay cautious, problem is most people now bows to foolishness.

You’re weird, but reasonable. That could be harmful when the feds storm in and ask questions. Remember, keep your guard up. We can’t risk losing the antithesis.

In the end, we’ll say it’s a new beginning.

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