Vivienne’s Love Child

Music=
1. Love On The Ground
  -Cannons
2. Perfect
  -Smashing Pumpkins












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I. The Silk Path
Vivienne gazed through a narrow slanted window. The towering spire pierced the leaden ruffles of clouds smothering a naked sky. Through vague mist of time she remembered her only love child bundled in a swarm of emotions, an infant lotus squirming on the warm fertile ground like a young typhoon. She knew then her fate- she must leave behind her only love & follow her light cone to another time, another place, another identity, a new beginning born in anonymity.

II. The Canyons 
Dragon leaves fall from the branch.  
“To be enlightened, one must be awake.” 
Astira check her surroundings, alert for dangers. In far distance she watch Ozymandias approach on street of silver moonlight. 

     
        
          

The Perfect Pace

Music=
1. Actress
  -Tori Kelly 
2. You Don’t Tell Me
  -Night Flowers













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UFOtext=
I. The Canyons
Astira glance at FarRunner her bio-data. Psychotic episode it last for ten minutes only. Her mental stress zoomed way asymptotic- beyond visible range in holograph, only now damp in finite envelope. Her breathing settle down as she desperately look around for that one Ozymandias. Steep slope of Zebra rock trail off into dark, meeting bright clustery plane of galaxy at horizon. She could hear human humming of warm desert wind, winding around walls of canyons, reverberating over & over, long lost ancient surf roaring on an ocean beach. ♾

II. Valloire 
“The crystal ball probes the cosmic network- the whole network including the connections beyond the cones of light. Your mind is part of the great cosmic network- what you see depends on your state of mind.” 
Ivy almost smiled as her hand passed over the warm milky crystal.
“Sometimes people only see what they want to see- like Rorschach inkblots. As you know- if you see something real from another place & time that puts causality of our universe in danger- then you will forget once you return to normal. This is what I was taught from the masters on the Venetian worlds.”
“Intriguing.” said the Count. He watched a small image of a floating zebra bloom in the clouds. 🔮

   
    
      

Then & Now

Music=
1. La ou naissent les couleurs nouvelles
 -Alcest

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♾

UFOtext=
I. The Canyons
Darkness seeped in from the edge. The light of day funneled down to a shining bubble bright as the sun. Stunned- Astira reached toward a finger of striped rock. The quantum finger stretched out from the hand of Ozymandias sinking in the bubble. She felt a spark from the positronic quantum computer. Then the bubble of daylight began to expand. The rim of the black hole retreated to the edge of her consciousness. She leaned upon the Zebra of ancient rock to catch her breath- anxious- watching the alien sun pick up its pace diving to the remote edge of the canyons.

II. Valloire 
Ivy rode above the clouds on a white stallion. Her breasts heaved as she panted from the thin mountain air. 
         

My Sweet Lord

Music=
1. Autre 
    temps
   -Alcest 
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UFOtext=
I. Valloire 
The wild west wind brought the first chill of autumn. The Mediterranean climes of summer past faded, framed by time. The Count buttoned his course flannel shirt. Ivy laid the crystal ball on the table- white translucent clouds swirled within, forming an eye. She traveled from the Venetian worlds at his bequest.
“Count- I’ve never been to the mountains before. They’re quite beautiful!”
“Indeed.” The Count smiled pleasantly.
“Wait until the snows of winter- the dramatic scenes will take your breath away.”
“I’m sure.” cooed Ivy.
“But- expensive time waits for no one. We live in dangerous times. We live on borrowed time. What does your crystal ball see?”
The Count furrowed his brows. He narrowed his eyes into an everlasting gaze. 🔮💭

     
     

Signs On The Door

Music=
1. Knock Knock Knock
  -Spoon
2. Talk
  -Tori Kelly      
       
        


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UFOtext=
I. The Canyons
The alien sun climbed. Ozymandias powered up the steep slope of zebra stripes, pausing on occasion, spreading his arms wide, pointing & showing Astira the vague outline of eroded trail fading higher & higher into pale blue space, abandoned over countless millennia. Astira felt history flow backwards. She felt dizzy from the height. The alien sun wavered & began to swim in the sky. 

II. The Trap Door
Deafening silence. For a few seconds the black chasm yawned. Poison snakes darted in the fetid black water. The Dragon’s torch flared over the gloomy chasm. In the corner- one split second- flash of recognition- the rotted tatters of Astira’s jacket. Then the stone floor slammed shut. Deafening silence.

Rise & Fall

Music=
1. Future Landscapes
  -Deep Forest &
   Gaudi
2. Love Chained
  -Cannons










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UFOtext=
I. The Canyons    
At last the faint trail morphed into a dry creek bed winding between steep zebra painted hills- laid bare & stratified by unrelenting passage of geologic time. Astira paused. She wiped the sweat from her brow.
“Is this it?” she asked. 
“Yes.” said Ozymandias.
Astira couldn’t help but feel awestruck. 

II. The Trap Door
“Stop!” hissed the Dragon.
“Don’t move. Remain still. Nothing moves.”
The Dragon ever so slowly & imperceptibly moved his torch. In the flickering light he could barely make out the sign of the three emperors carved in the stone wall.
“Jamu- see the three emperors?”
Jamu rolled his eyes without moving his skull.
“Yes, barely.”
The Dragon narrowed his eyes. He looked everywhere in the ancient dank chamber. Then he saw it.
“Jamu- the three emperors are an ancient symbol for impending death. This is a chamber of death. Do you see that red spot on your leg?”
Jamu rolled his eyes lower.
“Yea- looks like a laser dot.”
“It is so. Probably a detector- a trip wire so to speak.”
The Dragon’s eyes lit up like fierce coals.
“Put your walking stick in the path of the beam. Then step back.”
Jamu shoved his walking stick in a stone crack & carefully adjusted its position. Beads of sweat rolled off his forehead.
“Ready. Here goes.”
Jamu jumped back. The grainy dot gently moved back & forth on the walking stick. But nothing happened. A black snake slithered in a chain of shadow.
“OK” said the Dragon.
“Now!”
The Dragon chopped the stick with his laser pistol. The room rocked like an earthquake.




   

Ruins Talk

Music=
1. Pink Up
  -Spoon
2. Talk Talk
  -Cannons










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UFOtext=
I. The Canyons
The tip of the sun pierced the horizon. Astira watched its optical illusion of relative speed. Within fleeting moments the body of the sun emerged & cast a shower of copper golden light across the canyon. She turned to Ozymandias.
“I can see traces of the trail. It leads back to the passage.”
Ozymandias smiled faintly.
“Yes. For millennia this is the way for the Drones of Eden & the wandering tigers of the desert. It is dangerous for us to linger.”
Astira winced. To be enlightened is to be awake. Thus spake the Dragon beneath the tree of blossoms.
“Ozymandias- let’s find campsite off beaten path- somewhere high in hills. You know good spot?”
“Maybe. About 10 kilometers down the trail.”
Astira breathed deep.
“OK- let’s walk the talk.”
Astira & Ozymandias set off down the faint trail. The humming of the distant desert haunted Astira. She could hear the voices of the long lost people moan in her ears- the desert song of the Lotus. Their ghosts scattered in the tumbling rocks. The sun watched their progress & seemed to slow its pace in the alien sky.