congratulations you are prequalified for the darkness that..

[dustin]

game over, man.


my love for you is the 1979 movie Alien

it bursts a bloody mess out of my chest
chases you around a bit
and then hides in the dark corners of your home

you will be looking for your cat
but ou will find my love for you instead

it will snatch you away
before any of your friends notice


my love for you is the 1984 movie The Terminator

you will have no knowledge of my future love for you
until it arrives in your life
naked and muscular

my love for you will mow down a slew of innocents
and follow you without exhaustion

it will take the crushing embrace of factory machinery
to destroy my cold and calculated love for you
but it doesn't matter

my love for you will be back
in the sequel


my love for you is the 1986 movie Aliens

you will arrive at a place
infested with my love for you
you will have to battle your way out
before your heart goes thermonuclear
and destroys your entire world

no amount of sentry guns or flamethrowers
will be able to stop my growing
(and rapidly multiplying) love for you

my love for you will haunt your dreams
and tear your new friends to shreds
when you least expect it


my love for you is the 1991 movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day

at first you will be terrified by my love for you
but it has been reprogrammed to obey your every command

someone else's love for you will come to take you
and my love for you will seem old and worn in comparison

we will embark on a mission to save our future together
and my love for you will protect you
the best that it can

but when the time comes

my love cannot self-terminate

you will have to lower my love for you
into the fire yourself

[Ben]

Where did this come from?

[dustin]

It's from a self published zine called "congratulations you are prequalified for the darkness that consumes you" or something like that by Jake Mortara. I was at this tiny bookstore called Quimby's in Williamsburg, just browsing. Then I picked up his zine and started reading it and it was the bestest thing ever. So I had to buy it, paying 8 hefty bucks. Now it's lost in our apartment somewhere and I can't find it.

[Ben]

Cool and bummer! I will have to look this up.