Wednesday, April 4, 2012

TISSUE BOX CUTTER

He was testing himself no he was being tested no he was being tested by himself by somebody else other than himself tested by himself row row reach for another tissue is it the last one just a few more maybe one more could be the last one not another in the house could look around but then the hunt the search could come up empty empty blank thin metal cartridge no thick metal cartridge thin skulled or thin skinned and all that all that what?  are you kidding for it now hence yes no but there was this gate come up to it and sneak looks into paths of leafless trees what things one large rock not too big on the ground by one of the trees had something on it thought there was and now it with a gesture of the fingers lifting both palms up a bit and then the fingers gesturing you know and maybe you don't like a transparent fish and its last pulsing life ebbing out of it as it were gesturing then the fingers palms up only slightly and these will be the only words stuck impressed into the base of the finger where a ring has been and some other things you know and maybe you don't for no more breakfasts together for no one else to overhear food being cooked or burned if you like that sort of thing of course not run its course has it as it were palms up only slightly testing the impenetrable or the not there at all not anymore.  He was testing himself no he was being tested no he was being tested by himself by somebody else other than himself tested by himself no he was testing to see to hear go back a bit to the by himself no by somebody else well there is that somebody else well as a matter of course by somebody else there is the business of on somebody else's behalf the sitting at the table and looking out the window overlooking the fallen blinds rehung rather poorly hanging on hanging in there so to tug on another tissue this could be the last one or the next tissue that has fallen in brushing against the side of the inside of the box brushing against the walls of the box boxes of rooms another sheet another layer could be the last one or the next one that has fallen in brushing against the side against the walls of the inside of the box of the thoughts bent slats rehung rather poorly hanging on hanging in there so to tug on another tissue another layer this could be the last one or the next tissue next layer that has fallen in brushing against the sides walls of the box boxes of rooms fallen in.




- Max Stoltenberg

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