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Prescience: Triumvirate's Wrath

Ah, you're drifting off into another one of your visions, huh? Your waking dream, like all the others, starts with a colorful panel. Words come into focus, raising like goosebumps in your presence.



Ooo, is that Cempazúchitl? Ain't that the locksmith's kid with that undying smile. Their eyes slowly find you, still weary from late nights in pleasant solitude. I heard they discovered how to evolve twice. First, by cutting their own sovereign key to walk worlds while dreaming.

Then, one night, they went and signed a contract with a [REDACTED] that called itself Vevivi. Admiration radiated from her form as voice her seethed with heat.

With her power, she called out to Cempazúchitl and offered even more. A delayed union was proposed and, eventually, agreed upon. Vevivi wanted to wait for the far future where a third host could be built for the final evolution. Just as the contract stated, so Cempazúchitl waited.

New Work Published in TERSE. Journal!

I am incredibly humbled to share that my poetry mini-series Throne World has been published in TERSE. Journal! Each piece views our internal “happy place” through an architectural lens. The poems were made to explore how these spaces would be created, sustained or destroyed during a period of collective frustration and grief.

Overall, my intentions were to explore the role that escapism has in our well-being via a sci-fi concept like a “throne world” which appears as a boardgame, within the Destiny franchise and in Star Wars. Between these three sources, I surmised that the term alluded to a location where power consolidated.

These locations can be physical (an entire planet) or intangible (an alternate dimension), but they must be vast enough to justify power. A ruler’s power scales with the size of their dominion. For us, I wonder how much of this power we would possess if we take an account of our mental real estate?

In the future, I would be excited to visualize a kingdom that is located and justified in the mind. For now, I hope you enjoy the work and please show TERSE. Journal some love.

Thank you so much for reading.