Perdido Street Station
sun pouring in like a waterfall and I rejoice in it as blooms burst from
my shoulders and my head and chlorophyll rushes invigoratingly
through my skin and I raise my great spined arms
don't touch me like that I'm not ready you pig
Look at those steamhammers! I'd like them if they didn't make make me work so!
is this
I am proud to be able to tell you that your father has consented to
our match
is this a
and here I swim under all this dirty water towards the looming
dark bulk of the boat like a great cloud I breathe filthy water that
makes me cough and my webbed feet push towards
is this a dream?
light skin food air metal sex misery fire mushrooms webs ships
torture beer frog spikes bleach violin ink crags sodomy money wings
colourberries gods chainsaw bones puzzles babies concrete shellfish
stilts entrails snow darkness
Is this a dream?
China Mieville