Main T.o.C. Change Resist Ground Art

Lucy Winrow SYDET Sympathetic detonation, or SYDET, is the detonation of an explosive charge caused by a shock wave or blast fragments from a nearby explosion. Pylons necklace the land a string of Eiffel towers crackling like sweet wrappers in deep pockets of mist. Pins and needles crown my temple and bracelet my wrists in thorn. That sound is the air charging it makes all my hairs stand straight like iron filings following a magnet even the ingrown ones those waxy little worms give a blind tug at the root. The torch yawns a long yellow cone across a blizzard of ash pausing then deleting flakes into the hard black. Explosions blossom in slow motion. It doesn’t matter how far away I get the searchlight locks on to me strapped to a pantograph and headlessly sketching the movements of your body. Arms give up to pure reflex and ribbons of blood plaiting skywards in surrender. Phosphorous fingertips clutch and combust on the breeze sending a column of fire walloping through my core. All our empty eye sockets can do is blaze at each another.

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