Upon revival the room should
have traces of the scents and sounds
detailed on the intake forms. There
are only so many times we
wake to this world and the first step will set
the pace of our recovery.
The chemicals used for the long
nap should quickly wear off and your
vision should gradually de-mystify
then there are those few vital things that
have shifted or been seconded to
departments other than what you
may or may not remember and
far too much that has stayed the same
Tag: sounds
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as I play in the guise of the
old trick cup that stays dry and
overflows at the same time and
is soon set on a high shelf once
the nostalgia has outgassed but
no maybe that’s too far so what
else an unmolested wooden block
a townhouse for parasite birds
but no this palimpsest is badly smudged
and besotted with globs where light
is most needed and it takes time
to unwind even a few sounds
to spool into a small sequence
then we need to buy all that salt
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Is it to quiet those sounds from above
that won’t leave me alone or to drown the
noise of the dog’s desperate licking where
does the source hide itself but such thoughts are
not really for me I get too excitedrest badly and when the excursion starts
I’d rather stay in bed but mostly I
want to write about something besides an
ugly bag mostly filled with water thoughit holds some moderate pleasure toothsome
despair and thick clotted rumination,
which may not be to everyone’s taste buthelps exercise the moist gray maze when
I would have had little else but sleep
other animals 