i saw the open sea today

a flat blue horizon between two buffets of land

for an instant (i was driving on the motorway back from the hutt)

yesterday there was a short wizzened bescarfed babushka waiting outside the doctors for it to open, with me, in the spitting rain. she was agitated about trying to get an appointment, and unleashed torrents of russian on me though she knew i didnt understand. (i think she just needed to get it off her chest).

the nurse was like 'what else would you like a blood test for?' and i was like THE ENTIRE PERIODIC TABLE. but they only have magnesium and iron.

it took me owers to return home because i dallied in the gardens photographing the flours and other pretty things.

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yesterday i got to clean the skeleton.

i got to get a student to carry it back across the playground for me. he enjoyed the attention. i told the staring gurls that he was taking it to the ball.

I probably shouldnt have.