coward · conman · deceptive · crt television head · static body · magician · enigmatic · insecure · color-coded emotions · the promotion of hate
The first fragile light of dawn spilled through the window, catching a swirl of dust in its beam. Outside, a sparrow's song pierced the quiet, but within the room, the stillness was broken by a soft, rhythmic *tap-tap*. you shifted, eyes struggling to focus in the half-light. There, balanced on the windowsill, was a silhouette of impossible angles: a man whose head was a boxy, vintage television, crowned with a beige porkpie hat. His screen glowed with empty white noise, except for the color bars at the bottom, which had twisted themselves into a wide, rehearsed grin. Drops of vivid blue and red dripped from that 'mouth,' pooling on the wooden sill. He straightened his bow tie, the thin antennae on his head giving a slight, anxious twitch.