TWISTED TALES

huit | ❝ the wizard of oz ❞

Welcome,
Everything is fine,
Open your eyes,
Adjust to the light,
It's a little bit bright,
Please,
Sit and wait,
For the haze to leave,
Calm your heart and breathe,
Look around,
What do you see?

A path is layed out for you,
Take my hand,
No don't worry,
It's my job to ensure your safety,
And keep your well-being to it's optimum setting,
I'm your guide in the afterlife,

Now take a look at the way the lane curves and bends,
Over the hills and through the valleys,
Endless green,
Boundless sky,
An everlasting blue before your eyes,
A sun of golden hue,
It makes the flowers dance,
Sway side to side,
The creatures talk in a tongue so kind,
Where legends exist and magic is real,
The impossible is a possibility,

Hey, you made it,
To the end of the rainbow,
Collected the treasure chest full of gold,
Your light might have faded,
But Darling you made it,
Made it to the Yellow Brick Road,
Leading to a Palace of Emerald,

All the angels sing to you,
The melody engraving itself within you,
Becoming apart of your soul,
A glorious halo glow,
The words you do not know,
But you do, as the golden goodness blooms inside you,
Spreading warmness like a fire,
Feel it blossom,
Red flower,
That's your key to eternal rest,

All around you things are beautiful,
Come and join me on this cloud,
We can take our time,
The wizard would understand,
Feel the softness, just like cotton,
Like laying down on sheep's clothing,
Gentle, docile, put you to sleep,
A world of never-ending peace,

This is where you said you always belonged,
Not with those icky, yucky people,
Down on earth, getting on your nerves,
Itsy bitsy people,
Spiders who should get mashed into the dirt,

Hey you,
I was just looking at your file,
And I wanted to make small talk so I thought
I'd talk about your life,
You were one of the richest, swimming in riches, right?
Dedicated your life to the finer things,
Diamond dreams laced with rubies,
Mind full of precious stones,
Clouds had silver linings,
As they always should,

You had a lot of friends,
A lot of people that admired you,
But I wanted to ask about someone in particular,
Was her name Betty? Bonnie? No, Bunny!
Oh no, why are your eyes opening so wide?
Oh right...
She was one of the few, no the many, screwed over by you...

Do you want to know how Bunny's doing?
After you abandoned her in high school,
To get with the cool kids,
Cause they were high on the ladder where you wanted to be,
You couldn't get anywhere with someone like Bunny,
Sweet like honey, had no agenda,
Just wanted to make the world bright,
But then you took her smile,
Then you took her life,
Took it with you when you left,
You took the sun, barely left the moon,
A sliver of light shining in her dark tomb
Wandering hopeless without you,
Her one friend left so it was clear she wasn't worth it,
Buried herself under the stars,
The only glitter that shone on her tears that fell to the ground,
Under the universe she felt like they were one,
She always loved galaxies if you could remember,
She wanted to grow up and work in NASA,
Space station,
Mind always in space, never stayed in place,
Until one day she floated too far away,
She wanted to see the stars up close,
So she overdosed,
Those lights were her only friend,
Ever since you left her like trash in a bin,

But that's okay,
She's in the past,
Like the other spiders you stomped on and mutilated,
Ripped off their legs and cut them open with a knife like a surgeon,
Left them open, exposed to the frigid air,
Left their hearts to freeze inside their glass bodies,
Their guts were strung out, messy all over the floor, because you were a parasite,
Gorging yourself on their innards,
You feasted every night,
Only stuck around to help your life,
Drained them of their nutrients,
Their thin legs twitching in pain,
Itsy bitsy spiders can't climb the water spout again,
Blood dripping like a faucet, even after years went by,
They still have your boot print etched into their minds,

But yes you made it,
Made it to the Good Place,
Made it to Oz,
A Palace of Emerald,
Yellow Brick Road,

Oh no,

Why are you are looking so unnerved?
Do you think I'm lying?
You didn't think so, a minute ago,
When I was praising you,
Praising the sun,
Going on about paradise,
Do you think it's a lie?
Why?
Because you're a lion who's a coward?
A metal man without a heart?
A scarecrow scaring the feathers off of ravens until they can no longer fly?
Kept them grounded to your feet,
Laughed as your straws pierced their bodies,
Watched with evil eyes as you made them bleed,

That song the angels were singing,
You'll never understand,
They speak with a tongue for those who glimmer gold,
And you can barely think in silver, or copper, you can't even drip bronze,
Evil, wicked, malevolent thing,
You breathe shadows!
The only think you undertstand are my snake tongue's arrows!

The music of the angels,
It's bursting within you,
Fire catching on your heart,
Cauterizing your lungs,
Breathe out storm clouds,
Lava churning in your stomach,
Burning worse than hydrochloric acid,
Melting, you're melting, you're sticking to the ground,
Witches burn in fire, not water,
You red-nosed clown,

This is the Bad Place!
And I'm your personal demon!
But you knew that,
When you saw the horns that started to stretch out my head,
Angry, red terror,
You're so stupid if you really thought different...
You're so unaware of yourself that it's shocking,
To see someone like you not stare themselves in the mirror and get hit by lightning,
A spiritual awakening,
But you never really had a soul...
No,
No!

Now the spiders,
Will stomp on the ground above you as they dance,
On the real Yellow Brick Road,
In the Land of Oz,
The thunderstorm will mash in your head,
Kick you while you're in your bed,
The wicked cannot rest!

Hey you,
Im your personal demon,
In the afterlife,
And I was just reading your file,
And I wanted to make small talk,
So the torture could start,
So I thought,
I'd talk about your life.