{"id":1113,"date":"2021-01-28T21:48:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T03:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2021-03-19T04:40:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T10:40:15","slug":"requiem-for-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?p=1113","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Requiem for the Soul&#8221; by Brandon Fick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Brandon Fick has a B.A. Honours Degree in English from USask and a Writing Diploma from St. Peter\u2019s College, and is currently pursuing an MFA in Writing at USask. Brandon has previously been published in in medias res and The Society. \u201cRequiem for the Soul\u201d posits a future where the human body is something to be harvested, where retaining one\u2019s soul is rare.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Requiem for the Soul<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clock on the mantle strikes midnight,<br>2100 erupts in a fissure of space and time<br>and you hack into a handkerchief and stare<br>at the black glass pane pressing your face<br>into eternal entrapment that the mortal coil<br>cannot dream of, for you\u2019re one hundred and one<br>and creased skin must shed vacuous bones<br>bent with century rust, rapacious flexing of limbs<br>all too tasty, no one could stop your soul bursting,<br>not even tyrants of tech who would slave you,<br>poke you, prod you, like mad cattle, to steal<br>radiant skull-enclosed waves for a frivolous game,<br>no, you beat the bastards and will slip soul-whole<br>down home from the cerulean-cesspool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em><strong>You can follow <strong>Brandon<\/strong> on Instagram <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/brafic98?igshid=cboe1j96j33g\" target=\"_blank\">@brafic98<\/a> and on Twitter <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brafic98?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">@Brafic98<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>This piece is part of the <\/em>in medias res<em> Jan. 2021 \u201cReflection\u201d Issue. 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