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a grey knive lurking on the corner of the bathroom counter, incongruously balanced on the edge - just about to fall - the light of day leaked into the room like dish detergent being squeezed gently out of a bottle, and over in the corner, rats rustled in a paper bag. he walked into the room to the sound of the ceiling fan slowly misunderstood. his left sneaker squeaked slightly. paper in his pocket crumpled up and a blue crayon behind one ear. a muddy cigarette in one hand and no lighter. his eyes are silently stained-glass windows inside a church with no congregation, waiting for the hollow bellpulls - the doorbell of the Almighty. he takes out a sharpie and marks an x on the wall. moments later a fly buzzes fatly in and lands on the ��������������������������������������������spot, preening and humming to itself. below, at the baseboard, an ant trundles in. he looks at the mirror. he looks away. outside, a bird hits the window, and all things still, in hushed������������������������������������������mourning. an ignorant cricket looses a selfish mating call and
2003-04-05, 8:08 p.m.

corey's gloves

��������� �����corey's black fingerless gloves, lifted from him right before machinal. meagre snow. a raffle ticket - three - a chewed stub of a pencil -

i like these gloves. corey was sleeping on the table when i said i would give them back to him at the party i plan on attending later tonight ... i think everyone should wear an article of clothing that belongs to someone else at one point in their lives. you get a feel. sheathed in blue and white. bracers, gauntlets, protection - a costume piece, a ragged slip of someoneElse who is still now, breathing, feeding energy. my fingers twitch. it's an experiment, this exploration, encased in new material, and my fingernails seem to smile as mutilated as they are, at the sensation.

oh i am a sybarite.

i hallucinated a dog running across the street, dreamed about getting the mail, and shadowboxed in the elevator, hood up and fists tight.

a gray t-shirt and a package of wifebeaters, the name of which sounds absolutely ridiculous - but what is it, a-shirt, sounds even worse. after the phone-call, being told i sounded strange. was asked if anything was wrong.

nothing's wrong.

i'm winning.

i think.

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