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A novella written in poems. Mostlyrhyming metered poetry. Secondhalf is political. Environmentalistviews expressed. There's a sciencefiction aspect to parts of it.Bedtime For Entropy: Book Of ShadowsBy Maniacal MelOrder the book from the publisher 1772.html?s pdfor from your favorite neighborhoodor online bookstore.
Copyright 2021 Maniacal MelPaperback ISBN: 978-1-64719-490-1Epub ISBN: 978-1-64719-491-8Mobi ISBN: 978-1-64719-492-5All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored ina retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic,mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission ofthe author.Published by BookLocker.com, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida.Printed on acid-free paper.BookLocker.com, Inc.2021Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication DataMel, ManiacalBedtime for Entropy: Book of Shadows by Maniacal MelLibrary of Congress Control Number: 2021908251
Bedtime for EntropySoliloquyAlone I amAlone I’ll stayIt seems as ifTill my dying dayTill I’ve no duesStill left to payAlone I amAlone I’ll stayBetter OffNo one talkin’ on the phoneNo one cluttering my homeNo one takin’ up the spaceNo one getting in my faceEverything that’s here is mineNo one takin’ up my timeDamned if I would have her backAggravation’s all I lack 28
Book of ShadowsA Lesser Magellanic OdysseyPart 1 - Interstellar Fool’s GoldReaching for a moonbeamI fall into the voidSlipping into vacuum of the mindCasting my impressionsOf purity destroyedUpon the galaxies I leave behindStill as I wander in spaceAlways to take and not replaceAll of the wonder I unfoldIs only interstellar fool’s goldTrip the light fantasticWay past the speed of soundFaster than my soul can comprehendSpewing degradationThat wants to be profoundAcross the universe as I transcendStill as I wander in timeAlways obtuse and yet sublimeAll of the treasure I have soldIs only interstellar fool’s gold29
Bedtime for EntropyPart 2 - The Currents of SpaceThe currents of spaceHave carried you away from meMuch further than the human eye can seeYou’ve gone so far awayThe light from yesterdayWill take a million years to touch my faceHere in this placeThe currents of spaceDon’t care about the likes of meThey will not bend to follow my decreeWith a mind of their ownThey’ve left me all aloneTo stagnate in an empty, timeless spaceHere in this placeWhy, tell me whyCould you not be content with one skyHow, tell me howCould you send me up and space meAnd place me where no viewing is allowedPlease tell me howThe currents of spaceWere just what you were waiting forYou didn’t want to see me anymoreSo you left me behindBeyond the reach of timeA burned-out star that smolders in disgraceHere in this place30
Book of ShadowsPart 3 - Collapsar JumpThe small cloud calls to meIts’ lure won’t leave me beThanks to those who know more than we can seeThe sky will soon open up for meI’m off on a collapsed odyssey CollapsarIs imploding upon the sceneCollapsarFar beyond man’s wildest dreamCollapsarHear the fabric of time screamCollapsarCould be the damming of this streamThe burning of a standard candleLights my way into the nightA parallax is hard to handleIf the angles are not rightVoyage past Cassini skiesOut to where our future liesWorm-holed diveThrough quasar skyAs the universe dividesEating the void upGobble the lightSwallow the futureForever’s in sightGravity’s tamed31
Bedtime for EntropySingularities flameRounding the corner of nightUp towards the endless skyAnd outward through the voidPurge on until my ego is destroyedAt odds with the eclipticAnd all things men can seeA Magellanic odyssey will lead me soon to theeCollapsarNow completes the final raceCollapsarHas the cosmos to defaceCollapsarSeems that matter has been displacedCollapsarCould be the end of time and spaceThanks to those who know more than weThe sky now folds in half for meI’m off on a brief entropic flightThey offer without apology theUse of their advanced technology soSoon everything is gonna be alright32
Book of ShadowsPart 4 - The Stars, Like Dust(Instrumental)33
Bedtime for EntropyPart 5 - Intergalactic InterludeThe stars swim in an endless seaThat lingers out of viewIn constellations without any nameI’ve searched a couple galaxiesFound no one quite like youAs a million stars all start to look the same34
Book of ShadowsPart 6 - Pebble in the SkyThe stars like dust sprinkle the sky around meI know by now I must have searched them allAs another galaxy forms to surround meThe gravity of love my clarion callYou’re somewhere in the lesser cloud around meSo sure your star is naked to my eyeThe reason for your leaving still confounds meAnd now you’re just a pebble in the skyAs many worlds acquire ringsFrom moons that are destroyedBy comets passing closer than they shouldThe solar wind still gently singsUpon it we are buoyedBut it will serve my quest no bit of goodNow wrapped inside my starry shroudI’m fading out of viewI guess there’s not much more for me to doI’ve searched the Magellanic CloudThe lesser of the twoAnd I’m not one single light-year closer to youHow can there be a shadow in spaceWhat could it be cast uponSoon it disappears without a traceLike a dewdrop in the dawnHow can there be a shadow in spaceWithout substance, shape or form35
Bedtime for EntropyLike an exile living in disgraceOr a lover who’s been scornedHow can there be a shadow in spaceDon’t ask me I don’t knowI’m a jester with a frowning faceIn a sad space-opera showHow can there be a shadow in spaceFollowing a trail that’s coldI’m forever in this timeless placeAs my fortune now is toldAnd now I feel the universe expandingI realize you’re in the greater cloudMy sorrow passes human understandingThe dark of space has now become my shroudYou used to be the sky that’s all around meThe vision that was filling up my eyeBut the vastness of the universe astounds meAnd now you’re just a pebble in the sky36
Book of ShadowsPart 7 - Crash LandingTired of life on the groundAnd to the earth being boundThoughts of freedom resoundDrawn by wing-flapping soundThrough the ether you’re boundNever back to the groundFind the Oort Cloud aroundIn the cosmos you’ve foundSomehow along the way I got lostNever stopping to count the costOf feathers counted lostAlong the waySpinning as if to dieNever wondering whyAs your mind starts to flyTowards the infinite skySpinning as if to dieNever wondering whyMind is passing you byThrough the infinite skySomehow along the way I got lostNever stopping to count the costOf feathers counted lostAlong the wayFarewell spiraling downFind the trees back around37
Bedtime for EntropyTo the graveyard you’re boundReacquaint with the groundSomehow along the way I got lostNever stopping to count the costOf feathers counted lostAlong the way38
Book of ShadowsFool’s VigilI kept waiting and waitingTill I’d waited too longI kept trying and tryingTill I had tried too hardI kept losing and losingTill I had lost it allI kept stalling and stallingTill I could stall no moreI kept thinking and thinkingWithout moving at allI kept wasting and wastingAll the gifts in my lifeI kept hoping and hopingThat it would be alrightI kept longing and longingFor a way to be freeFree from this thing that’s meBut it was not meant to be39
About the AuthorThe entity known as Maniacal Mel is from somewhere in the western spiralarm and is of unknown stature or status. We can neither confirm nor denyrumors that Maniacal Mel is actually an alien. We can neither confirm nordeny stories that Maniacal Mel is a serial killer on death row. We canneither confirm nor deny tales being whispered that Maniacal Mel is an A.I.and that’s why it sounds so smooth. We can neither confirm nor denyconspiracy theories that Maniacal Mel is actually a member of a prominentpolitical family for whom English is a second language and that’s why itsounds so quirky.But of course speculation cannot be avoided 122
A novella written in poems. Mostlyrhyming metered poetry. Secondhalf is political. Environmentalistviews expressed. There's a sciencefiction aspect to parts of it.Bedtime For Entropy: Book Of ShadowsBy Maniacal MelOrder the book from the publisher 1772.html?s pdfor from your favorite neighborhoodor online bookstore.
Book of Shadows 29 A Lesser Magellanic Odyssey Part 1 - Interstellar Fool’s Gold Reaching for a moonbeam I fall into the void Slipping into vacuum of the mind Casting my impressions Of purity destroyed Upon the galaxies I leave behind Still as I wander in space
