that stunned him
                          when fixtures go awaythe North Star yawns an he gazes into its open mouth  its dark  he was expecting light when compass points play hidenseek an True North suppresses its magnetic personality when someone moves furniture around in a blind persons house  stunning    disorienting  his breath keeps high in his lungshis chest  his heart creeps warily anxiously glancing side to sidenot knowing what to expect  its a thorax man   whys it suddenly odd

he showered dried himself was doing his staid bit  his toiletry  Ivory soap peppermint tea tree eucalyptus shampoo brushed his teeth in the shower 

now he stood before the bathroom mirror to quickly clean up his throat  Noxzema lather  straight razor

smiling to himselfhe knew he was a mirror irritation  but he couldnt resist  he liked to rustle yaintnoappleseeds feathers rouse him up in his web
                                    he closed his eyes leaned back took a deep breath tilted his head back and blew like he was blowing out twenty birthday candles  blowing he opened his eyes  

                                                               appleseeds refreshed web was empty
yaintnoappleseed wasnt there

to say he was  disoriented    was an understatement

since yaintno took up residence in appleseeds web more than a year prior after showering virtually every day this had been their routine not that yaintno had a say in it  but it was a routine  their routine

one might think that a small silent spider gone missing from out of the corner of a bathroom ceiling couldnt possibly be arresting  or a breath blowing out every birthday candles every day gone missing or Happy Monday Tuesday Wednesday an on yaintnoappleseed!  hailing him every day gone missing or Just keepinya on yer toes buddy  every day  gone missing    they couldnt possibly be arresting  
                                                                  he would say otherwise

for more than three years appleseed and yaintnoappleseed had been with him  attending him
                                                                                                     their sudden absences were enough to make him cry


in fact they did
    

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