Three Shorts by Mathew Serback

Today on Midwest Weird: Three short works by Mathew Serback.

Mathew Serback is a re-educated goblin from the lower west side of Cleveland, OH, whose art and writing delve into the complexities of trauma, identity, and societal dissonance. Through his YouTube channel, he shares his creative journey, posting audio-visual poems and stories, including the popular documentary What to Do When Surviving Violence.

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Episode Transcript:

This is Midwest Weird, an audio literary magazine from Broads and Books Productions.

We’re the home of weird fiction and nonfiction by Midwestern writers.

Today’s episode: Three short works by Mathew Serback. Read by the author.

AOL CHATROOMS

age sex location

load web page

text text impatience

text text persuasion

chatting chatting

r u naked

change the conversation

change the stations

here is the demonstration

r u naked

sure

nudity is new to me

there is brutality in beauty

there is no morality in routine

no morality in losing your

age sex location

it is innocence

it is stolen youth

there is poison in the prayers of the rebuked

the noise carries the chosen swears of the confused

the void is scary but hold onto the cherry

and choose the bruises of the weary

do not be so barbaric

sabretooth

for even you are prey

depending on what you are praying to

Y2K HELL

they promised death everyone in between everything crashing common sense modern tech

bottlenecks

when living in hell do not be concerned with living well the mission is resistance persistence helps along

with a wishlist of riches to sell

imagine living in hell imagine hearing you are going to finally make bail imagine jonah climbed out of

the whale james ate his way through a giant peach sweet

even more emails to sell

appreciate the existence of hate resist resist with all your strength no one said it would be easy they

said it would be great a dial-up defiles your wiles and leaves you to fate

you no longer need

you see

you have the internet

@ THE MONSTER TRUCK RALLY

you are my engine my crash my must spectators trust the show we glide wavy into the pirouette watch

your step the roar is more than the spin

spin the wheel until it stops crushed in the crater the colossus of metal focus herodotus the engine

sounds obnoxious flies like a rocket dies like a locust

spectators crash beneath the block beneath the weight we fall into the pirouette the promised

innocence is crushed by the engine the grease the noise the trick the choice the monster truck burns

out flames lick the dust

modest pirouettes are still proud pirouettes

motor oil engine breath engineers cheaters death spectators cheer for the colossus who knows only

how to crush into angels dust memories fade to picture frames the beauty of the crash the pirouette

the speed the engine’s song crashed out glissades into payday

shocked to awe the spectators start their engines

Mathew Serback is a re-educated goblin from the lower west side of Cleveland, OH, whose art and writing delve into the complexities of trauma, identity, and societal dissonance. Through his YouTube channel, he shares his creative journey, posting audio-visual poems and stories, including the popular documentary What to Do When Surviving Violence.

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