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Justin Kenneth Berding

A thesis submitted to the

Jack Kerouac School

Naropa University

in partial fulfillment of the degree of

Bachelor of the Arts

2016

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Mother Athina,

Though my body is caged, they will never stop my spirit from reaching you.This spirit carries the warm regards of brother Rexilious, who is being kept in

isolation for his restlessness in the face of captivity. Our recent ventures for freedomhave been have been received harshly. In order to be free in chains, we remaindefiant through the incarceration of our bodies. We are not prisoners, we are thehostages of struggle. Every day is a new chance to escape, a new chance todemonstrate our resolve for our people.

I am sorry, Mother. To leave you alone in a perilous world. To be forced toabandon my family in the face of the coming enemy waves. When I was a boy youlooked at me with tears in your eyes. You asked me to remain calm. You told me Iwas too young to be bothered with the weight of the world. “But what of love youngman, but what of joy? You can save your bitterness for old age...”

But you knew as well as I that there was little choice in the matter. We wereoffered no alternative; fight or die. I could no longer ignore the evils I saw. Therehangs no cover that can shield us from this torrential reign. We will not behumiliated, we will not go quietly. Even now, my thoughts escape the fortress of thedamned and stand with you on the battlefield. Gone are the days of old masters andgods, war will not be brought on our people without vengeful retaliation.

I fear the worst is yet to come. The vengeance of the Arbiter silences all criesfor justice. Our kingdom is no longer subject to the morals of man but is now herded by faceless slave drivers of fear. They have yet to see us bow and will stop at nothing

to intimidate us into submission. Keep watch of Evi and the young Polet, an attack isimminent. I did everything in my power to keep my loved ones from the wickednessof war but the boney hand of the arbiter knows no limit to his reach. You will beattacked simply for my refusal to yield.

Every night I awake to the same dream.The vision of an oil painting on the barren stone of my cell,

||My daughter stands shore against gale//grey storm clouds overthe bastille// the trapped twilight of a Gunpowder Sky||My body longs to feel rain but my heart wills no reprieve for the

flames.

NOTHING IS OVER

THE WAR CONTINUES

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As of this 17th day of November prisoner Athina Tsakolos has been granted

conditional release from remand. The conditions of her release dictate she is to be exiled to the

island of Arakhne Anansi , forbidden to have contact with any members of the parties

involved in the investigations of treason regarding The Conspiracy of Fire Cells. Before her

release she is to sign a certificate of provincial conscience, in which she will relinquish her right

to associate with the criminal elements of her bloodline.

She is to be monitored by the Sentries of Octi Ocelli, and await trial for the crimes of

Harboring Enemies of the Empire and Conspiracy to Commit Treason. This release of remand

has been granted by the Grand Arbiter in response to reports of the captive’s deteriorating

health. Furthermore, her imprisonment has caused agitation among the other captives, many

of whom have been refusing rations and causing great disturbance within the fortress. It is of

the opinion of the Satrap that should any of the prisoners perish in cells before tribunal, we

can expect incendiary attacks from the rebels to increase in number and intensity.

The rest of the prisoners are to remain locked in the Dungeon of Corinth. The Grand

Arbiter has beseeched the Titans of Gaea to aid in the suppression of revolts in the Dark

Territories. Send Angellos west to assure the villagers that the smoke trails are the result of a

wildfire in the Forest of Syneidesis. The subjects must not learn of the upheaval. The divine

right compels the Empire to victory.

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Open Letter to the Living

Imprisoned in the caves of the beast yet unresolved from the essential nature of

humankind...the sacred beauty of our sacrifice for one another. This is what separatesus from the petty quarrels of the gods. With this letter I reject the offer of release fromremand. There will be no change in this decision until Evi Satari, wife of myimprisoned son Gerasimos, is permitted to leave this fortress by my side. I will feel no

joy for my own release from captivity until the vindictive remand of Evi Statiri isended.

I shall remain in these confines of the oppressors vault. I will always beaccountable to this new generation of people because I, like all mothers and fathers ofmy age, could not deliver a better world to our sons and daughters. Too long have I

watched sharp axe of youth dulled on the greystone of struggle. Too long have Iwatched the garden of promise trampled beneath the leather heels of the Warhorse.

If I am to die in prison, I shall die in the hellish confines I left for the future.No one exists outside the walls of the fortress until the fortress itself lies in ashes. Noone is free of repentance until the gods have sorted through every last bone. I will notraise my sons to be feeding mice in the sweep of serpents.

If one more drop of blood shall fall, it will flow like the flood from the veins of athousand martyrs. It will take the shape of 1,000 masks. It will sink like the teeth of

1,000 wolves into the backs of 1,000 sheep. I will not be banished from the hills of myancestors. My back will not carry morsels to the queen in this colony of faceless aphids,

I will not rest while my loved ones starve themselves for my freedom. Every hourweighs them down. Their bodies weaken while their spirits deepen. To lose the desire todrink, is to gain the hunger to thirst. The day will come when we will arise to the sun,and our joy will be double because that’ll be the day when the strike of our loved oneswill end. Love and fearless solidarity from the shores of the Aegean to the Mountainsof Imitos .

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For dishonesty.

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Like a 9 pound hammer

In pensive Pendulence

I was an apprentice

Binding Beelzebub's books.And in his respite I,

Resolved to steal the quill

From the author of Sin.

My heart's well brimmed with flame.

Hidden in a half-lit Hades

Housed in hissing-hot hickory,

I poised plump in perfidy's perch

Paganizing the sullied soilers.

While the hound dogs slept sound

I lurked leaky nights

Masked in unpredictability.

Shaking sharp shivers in

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Rabel-rousing wild mobs

To strike fear in Man's heart

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In this vainglorious vestibule?

Nay, not today!

I drape half-hardened silk,

Slinging silhouettes from minarets!

Erupting ebullient effigies!

In fear-flooded halfway-homes of heaven,

I bestow Bubonic Benevolence

Banishing barterbull to blackened brimstone.

Crooks of the cross!

Schmucks of the shield!Show your faces!

Cowered in confesionario,

Bastioned behind blasphemous badge,

Rotten Toothless sons of the south!

You shall find no rest in this world!

I will forge night a sodomous netherland

Revolution is not means to an end!

It's breath is the vitality

of the Vastitude Foreordained,

an eternal endeavoring.

Make no mistake,

I have not come for forgiveness,

I have been sent,

A messenger.

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Human Hinderence

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Thanatus Aeonian- Death-drive Everlasting

Afto Katastrofí - Self-destruction

Eros- DeadGod of Love

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Chorus of Flesh

Chorus of Iron

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Setting:A rock enclave rests on the outskirts a city of where all the windows are

sewnshut. The stones, cracked and overgrown with vine, form a well beside the Eros,

Deadgod of love.

Scene I

[Curtains on carcass of Eros]

CHORUS Shadows on a bruised thigh OF FLESH Laws of self destruction

Break them all Return To do what’s Right In a world of wrong

Here lies Eros Deadgod of love Passion spilled

A crimson ode To pleasure begot In the shadow of strife

A hanging sun falls on the gallows. SLAY EROS! SLAY EROS! SLAY.

[Enter AFTO KATASTROFI with falling blade]

KATASTROFI Sometimes My heart is so cold It makes my teeth shatter

No colder than yours I suppose... Well !

EROS !

KATASTROFI Sometimes

When the pain comes It makes me feel whole again. It fills meLike the music of my mother's home

EROS ...


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KATASTROFI AndWhen the pleasure creepsI wonder Isn’t theresomething

Slightly more ProductiveWith which I can waste my time?

{Eros releases his bowls}

KATASTROFI O ErosThe cruelty behind a charming smile!Banisher of discomfortStifler of struggleSilencer of sorrow

Unforgiving enemy of the miserable

You Ruthless HedonRest now Here rides your hearse

{Distant rumbles of THANATUS AEONIAN}

KATASTROFI {Falls to his knees beside EROS]

Who is to blame?

That I found beauty in a broken devil

Who is to blame? That I gave him shelter When all others cast him awayWas it you? Who gave me eyes for this attraction Were you never a friend to Hades?Tell me!Eros Have you and the devil never broke bread?Did you notice him? When you looked into my eyes

I turned to himWhen you failed me

And when the flames roseYou saved naught but yourself

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Gave with a generosity unseen

Your beard slicking honeyBlessed wine of sedationYour sordid tearsDid NOTSlow the burn

[Black out]

CHORUS A verbose set of thunderOF FLESH Steadfast the pining creek

Pain’s noble shepherd Seductress de Sade SINK THANATUS. SINK THANATUS. SINK!

[Lights on THANATUS, fingers bemused by rats.

Smooth. Seductive. Lit pipe hit sparingly.]

THANATUS You can’t persuade the dead...

KATASTROFI So why should I amuse them Thanatus? [back still turned]

THANATUS Ha! I am not death I am her driverYou know thisChin up now Remember This is what you wanted

KATASTROFI And what you orchestrated![Standing] But it is I who face the music

How does it feel ? The still streamOf your enemies rivervein. How does it sound Hallow against the rock!

THANATUS [Admiring carcass] O Kata

To tell you the truth I relished each quiver

I could feel him Deep in my bones. The short spasms and

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A hallowed last breath So exquisite It robbed me of my own

KATASTROFI O the pleasure in pleasure slayed! Death is Beautiful

And it was my honor To give Eros a gift So rare The only pleasureHe was ever deprivedThe final blow Ecstasy capsized!

THANATUS Indeed

You did well Afto Katastrofi Pinebanger of Eros Champion of Passion Harbinger Obsidian!

[Splashing KATASTROFI with water that evaporates in thick plume on contact.]

KATASTROFI [Head down] Dystenos Avyssaléa.Qe rico la lucha Qe duro la lluvia Qe oscuro el vacio

Las gotitas se limpian Vale le penaVale la pena Vale La pena!

THANATUS [Wrapping the hands of

KATASTROFI in black tape]

I descendant of night Spawn of Darkness Blackholders of burning stars Lionize your sacrifice

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!"#$ Gunna throw the hands Gunna throw the hands Blaugh!

[Striking]

KATASTROFI Come and see me with the fives Come and see me with the fives

[KATASTROFI swings with a heave and hits nothing,!"#$ disappears.]

!"#$ [O.S, Vaporized] Do not doubt disaster, Ambidextrous peril isa sign of the times.

KATASTROFI I never doubt her ancient wisdom

!"#$ It is sheWho doubts yours!

[Appearing behind Katastrofi, wraps a headlock.]

Your conviction! Your resolve!

A bond of blood and fire

You who weathers the storm. Are not her thunder. The storm

Cares notTo weather you. Sah! Sah!Who can you trust? Sah! FOR WHAT Sah! Sah!

Are you prepared?

KATASTROFI [Backing into corner] What I lose in love

I gain in hate What I lose in comfort I gain in pain My threshold is An open vein. By storm and by surge

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UncontaminatedYet infectious.

!"#$ Have I taught you nothing!Your pride intoxicates you

KATASTROFI You’ve taught me darknessOnly beckons a worthy adversary

And that it’s wise To fight a deceptive enemy With back against the wall So as to not be besieged from behind!

[KATASTROFI deals a full deck of blows with lightning speed.

Unafflicted, !"#$ launches his own onslaught, peppering KATASTROFI.]

CHORUS How long can one evade

OF FLESH The chokeholds of their fate A submission to Chaos And a body kidnapped By the shadow of its own ghost.

And fate crys! Let Me BackIn.

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Chaos sink Katastrofi snaps from the embrace, running with a spin of his lastmight to plunge into the rockwell with a vicious bubbling.]

THANATUS With a Spine like a whipPain is exhausting How can one learn? To dream and grieve

At the same time Rise from the Deadheat!

[KATASTROFI emerges from the well, smoking wet and naked. THANATUS

bestows her cloak upon the shivering KATASTROFI.]

THANATUS Aye rest now Your demons will sleepWith you till dawn It is time To prepare


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For the glorious procession To the gates of your elegant doom

{[A ruckus in the brush!]}

CHORUS Hot flashing betrayalOF FLESH Sets in short breaths

Pangs all blue and red That sharking dorsal fin

A knock knock knocking Rapt in fate If it looks like a fed... If it walks like a fed... If it smells like a fed... It better off dead.

[Enter Popo] THANATUS Snitches! Cannibals!

They’ve come to rob youOf your final glory To erase your rightful legacy

An underhanded strike Where is the honor? Go Now Fortune’s circle awaits!

[Exit KATASTROFI] Fuck these FoeboisLet fly the fury!

[ !"#$ rips up from the well to join THANATUS.Let clash desperation and force.Righteous indignation v.s tactical preparation. ]

CHORUS Cloak benighted OF FLESH Cloak bedamned

Far through the forestKatastrofi ran

Bent upon trails of scattered limb Aye Let nothing fallen go to waste

Dry and good Cracking wood Collecting piles

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For the pyres Of his own demise

For now Only the dead will do

Twice a foolIn fortunes circleLooking for a resolutionTo the revolution No I mean the end of the cycle Or the beginning of a circle. Round and RoundHe wandered Until he found The gaudy gray gravestone

Boasting Eros Eros Eros Deadgod of love

Goldclung Vainglorious remains

Arrest in shallow grave

So Katastrofi reached through the dirt Grabbed a fist fulla shirt

And yanked ole’ boy Up to his feet

His skin was soft All but peeled off

Humor set aside With a crisp winter snap Crack Goes the clavicle Downward Beneath an unbound mandible

Hidden twin blades

Thrust a silverwinged shimmer!

And so he set the bones to bubbling Releasing a stream of decadence To a moonless night in bare

When the bones were clean And whetted by streamHe fixed each blade

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To a stoneset dream

His weapons Ready at last Secured in the Thanacloak Concealing fates final stroke

Katastrofi emerges from the woods At a crossroads of cracked concrete In the Belowbeaten town of Baton

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[Enter Katastrofi with a bundle of timber].

{Old western sounding loudlyfrom a wood panel television}

BARTENDER Welcome To the weary Arm of Baton 5 dollar hurricanesIn the eye of the storm

BARTENDER Mighty nice jacket The kind of treasure

One would only release in last rite...

KATASTROFI Do you fear what it conceals?

BARTENDER As long as it shelters A couple lonely bits of silverI’ll ask no further questions What will it be?

KATASTROFI Something Dark and bitter And Payment you shall receive I respect a lounge with no seats Barstools are crutches


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BARTENDER Ay a lean-to for a last stand, An establishment For thoseWho prefer to live Standing on their feet

[Pouring and passing The Kraken]

Weary as you are you'll get no restHere is proof Only the wicked can test

KATASTROFI [Sipping] I should let you knowTrouble follows me

And should my evils come to surface It will lay waste to your ho-

BARTENDER Shhh This is my Favorite part

{Wild screams of Natives scalping cowboys}

BARTENDER Yada Yada Listen I don’t own this structure Nor the land from which it protrudes Do what the fuck you will

I’m only a servantWith the penance to pour

And behind this bar

I’ll stand for a thousand years more

With no vested interest No heart but for ends

KATASTROFI So it shall be! Fortunes circle The target in the crossroads

BARTENDER Fortune?

What fortune?You’re a dead manwearing handcuffs.

KATASTROFI Tight Jawed with my chain tucked All black with the face ducked

BARTENDER You’ll be laying face up...

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KATASTROFI Fisticuffs!

BARTENDER You can’t fight back

KATASTROFI Goin’ to throw the hands Till the wrists crack Regroup mount attack

Aye Bodymore we got your back!

BARTENDER He’s a deadman Get the Handcuffs...

KATASTROFI Spill 6 shotsOf injustice

[Together] Join me!

BARTENDER To longevity

KATASTROFI To futility

BARTENDER To dignity

KATASTROFI To the impossible

BARTENDER And the absolutely non-negotiable

KATASTROFI To the streets! [Exit KATASTROFI]

BARTENDER TO being sober enoughTo know what’s right And too drunk to care...

[Black out]

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CHORUS A battle approachesOF FLESH [O.S] With death that will litter glory

Upon your front That will never be rubbed clean.

Afto Katastrofi

WantedFor the death of love

A the curse of passion

For the crimes of a Solidaire Warwombed love Delivers

All that is fair

Some one of warm heartOnce said There is nothing more beautifulThan the sound of a pave stone Ringing a Copshead.

{3 Bells} [Lights on Katastrofi rousing a burning blockade]

CHORUS In the end OF FLESH Those you put in hell

Will return wielding flame,

At the crossroads afront The weary arm of Baton

A barricade! Alight! Breaches a city of darkness

And the siren's cry madly Crows to the flock Destiny ticks 12 o’clock

[Enter of CHORUS OF IRON motorcade.]

CHORUS We come to serve OF IRON We come to protect

Do not comply We’ll break your neck

KATASTROFI Have the city write my mother a check!

[CHORUS OF IRON encircles KATASTROFI]

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CHORUS We have you surrounded OF IRON Shut your mouth

Or see charges compounded

KATASTROFI Unfounded! [CHORUS OF IRON draws weapons]

CHORUS Down to your knees OF IRON Authority

Does not solicit Criticism Does not submit to compromise

LawBegs not

The guidance of moral

We are here for Order!

KATASTROFI Order!?

CHORUS Order! OF IRON

KATASTROFI Enough!

How do you serve? Who do you protect? The rich? The comfortable?

Self sypathists Cowards in conviction

Smileglory is upon us

[To audience] Obedience Grows ripe in the fields of poppy Heavy reign over tin roofs Still

A city of silence

Has the burden of your fearTethered youTo your bedpost? Tonight we can float weightless!

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And leave a world of promise beneath us

In attendanceSit judge jury and executioner

Stand the accused,The damned, The victim and the villain. None innocent.

So let not one swing hooded And all others show face When we each strike with the same intent!

[KATASTROFI pulls blades from cloak. Black out.]

CHORUSOF IRON (O.S) KNIFEHES GOT A KNIFE

{A convulsion of gunfire.}

[Lights on a deadly splay. None escape. Iron. Justice. Ricochet.}

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