{"id":326,"date":"2024-01-11T12:12:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T20:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shannonbarber.com\/?p=326"},"modified":"2024-01-11T12:12:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T20:12:12","slug":"blood-fugue-exposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shannonbarber.com\/?p=326","title":{"rendered":"Blood Fugue-Exposition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A little experimental flash fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Preface I&#8217;m back on my experimental flash fiction bullshit. The next part of the story was published originally in May 2019 at Heavy Feather. Links in the story are clues in case you&#8217;re unfamiliar with the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fugue\">fugue<\/a>.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-container is-disabled embed-youtube\" data-embed-id=\"oembed_2281b6953f7d572ecc7a0e3abd12e58f\" data-embed-provider=\"youtube\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640\/480;\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"embed-privacy-enable screen-reader-text\">Display &quot;J.S. Bach: &#039;Little&#039; Fugue In G Minor BWV578 (1997 Digital Remaster)&quot; from YouTube<\/button>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-overlay\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-inner\">\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-logo\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/shannonbarber.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-privacy\/assets\/images\/embed-youtube.png?ver=1.12.3);\"><\/div>\t\t<p>\t\tClick here to display content from YouTube.\t\t\t\t\t<br>\t\t\t\t\tLearn more in <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube\u2019s privacy policy<\/a>.\t\t<\/p>\t\t<p class=\"embed-privacy-input-wrapper\">\t\t\t<input id=\"embed-privacy-store-youtube-2281b6953f7d572ecc7a0e3abd12e58f\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"1\" class=\"embed-privacy-input\" data-embed-provider=\"youtube\">\t\t\t<label for=\"embed-privacy-store-youtube-2281b6953f7d572ecc7a0e3abd12e58f\" class=\"embed-privacy-label\" data-embed-provider=\"youtube\">\t\t\t\tAlways display content from YouTube\t\t\t<\/label>\t\t<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-footer\"><span class=\"embed-privacy-url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XuDuEMVcSrM?si=hV49idx6DT8RSRgp\">Open &quot;J.S. Bach: &#8216;Little&#8217; Fugue In G Minor BWV578 (1997 Digital Remaster)&quot; directly<\/a><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-content\">\t\t\t\t<script>var _oembed_2281b6953f7d572ecc7a0e3abd12e58f = '{\\\"embed\\\":\\\"&lt;iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=&quot;https:\\\\\/\\\\\/youtu.be\\\\\/XuDuEMVcSrM?si=hV49idx6DT8RSRgp&quot; title=&quot;J.S. Bach: &amp;#039;Little&amp;#039; Fugue In G Minor BWV578 (1997 Digital Remaster)&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https:\\\\\/\\\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\\\/embed\\\\\/XuDuEMVcSrM?feature=oembed&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allow=&quot;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\\\\/iframe&gt;\\\"}';<\/script>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is one of my favorite performances of this fugue. Stokowski was my first favorite conductor. I used to be able to play this on four instruments.]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I dreamed his voice inside my own music. Our dance is slow, requiem and reprise, I am beyond and outside of myself. Close my eyes and feel the puff of breath against the shell of my ear, I feel my heartbeat in my pussy when he can\u2019t get above a grating whisper, \u201cMaestra. Maestra. Maestra please.\u201d He is sweetness itself, he is exposition, a first glimpse, a first strain of a melody I dream of hearing. \u201cMaestra. Maestra. Maestra please.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tried to only dream. I tried to only fantasize. I tried, I tried. I-&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I dreamed his voice, \u201cMaestra. Maestra. Maestra please.\u201d All dreams leave me wanting. My hand between my thighs, he is the contrapuntal plea to my demanding cunt. I wonder can he hear it? In the night with his hand resting on his cock, does he hear? Does he whisper for me? \u201cMaestra, Maestra. Maestra please.\u201d Does he whimper in his sleep? &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tried only to dream. I tried only to fantasize. I tried, I tried. I-&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I dreamed his voice as I watch my callipygian dreamer dream.\u00a0 Do his lips move? Does the dreamer dare speak his desire into being, into me, into my hand into\u00a0my blade. Our dance is slow, requiem and reprise, I am beyond and outside of myself. \u201cMaestra. Maestra. Maestra please.\u201d I am his Nyx. He my Erebus.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tried only to dream. I tried only to fantasize. I tried, I tried. I-&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I dreamed his voice inside my own music. Our dance is slow, requiem and reprise, I am beyond and outside of myself. Close my eyes and feel the puff of breath against the shell of my ear, I feel my heartbeat in my pussy when he can\u2019t get above a grating whisper, \u201cMaestra. Maestra. Maestra please.\u201d He is sweetness itself, he is exposition, a first glimpse, a first strain of a melody I dream of hearing. \u201cMaestra. Maestra. Maestra please.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heavyfeatherreview.org\/2019\/05\/27\/barber\/\">I tried only to dream. I tried only to fantasize. I tried, I tried. I-\u00a0I tried only to dream. I tried only to fantasize. I tried, I tried. I-\u00a0I tried only to dream. I tried only to fantasize. I tried, I tried. I-\u00a0I tried only to dream. I tried only to fantasize. I tried, I tried. I-\u00a0I tried only to dream. I tried only to fantasize. I tried, I tried. I-\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-container is-disabled embed-youtube\" data-embed-id=\"oembed_6fbab1883aa8cbee10153d54fc7060cc\" data-embed-provider=\"youtube\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640\/480;\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"embed-privacy-enable screen-reader-text\">Display &quot;Bach: Passacaglia &amp; Fugue in C minor &#8211; Stokowski in Germany&quot; from YouTube<\/button>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-overlay\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-inner\">\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-logo\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/shannonbarber.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-privacy\/assets\/images\/embed-youtube.png?ver=1.12.3);\"><\/div>\t\t<p>\t\tClick here to display content from YouTube.\t\t\t\t\t<br>\t\t\t\t\tLearn more in <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube\u2019s privacy policy<\/a>.\t\t<\/p>\t\t<p class=\"embed-privacy-input-wrapper\">\t\t\t<input id=\"embed-privacy-store-youtube-6fbab1883aa8cbee10153d54fc7060cc\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"1\" class=\"embed-privacy-input\" data-embed-provider=\"youtube\">\t\t\t<label for=\"embed-privacy-store-youtube-6fbab1883aa8cbee10153d54fc7060cc\" class=\"embed-privacy-label\" data-embed-provider=\"youtube\">\t\t\t\tAlways display content from YouTube\t\t\t<\/label>\t\t<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-footer\"><span class=\"embed-privacy-url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/x9Sbk3E8-ws?si=_26mhd5goAl8BHF0\">Open &quot;Bach: Passacaglia &#038; Fugue in C minor &#8211; Stokowski in Germany&quot; directly<\/a><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-content\">\t\t\t\t<script>var _oembed_6fbab1883aa8cbee10153d54fc7060cc = '{\\\"embed\\\":\\\"&lt;iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=&quot;https:\\\\\/\\\\\/youtu.be\\\\\/x9Sbk3E8-ws?si=_26mhd5goAl8BHF0&quot; title=&quot;Bach: Passacaglia &amp;amp; Fugue in C minor - Stokowski in Germany&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https:\\\\\/\\\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\\\/embed\\\\\/x9Sbk3E8-ws?feature=oembed&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allow=&quot;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\\\\/iframe&gt;\\\"}';<\/script>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little experimental flash fiction. 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