a bit discomforting
an it took a bit to unnerve him
a tall Mexican hustled under
the sun onto the train platform to board
he saw him from above had taken a seat in the upper tier he took it because it provided him a
commanding view of the ocean as the train skirted it heading south
the man had thick black Brylcreemed
hair furrowslike cornrows parted with a comb that went to his scalp
his scalp stared back at him
he startedhis head
involuntarily rearing asif avoiding a punch inside the partsthe cleaves were diminutive eyes scallopeyes hunredeyed
turning on stalks the sun shinedglinted
off their mirrored retina pairs chocked with silvery guanine
he knew that because as a boy he raised chameleons he understood the nucleobase was
present in their skin contained in specialised cells iridophores which provided
their colourshifting abilities furthurmore thrilling
him guanine was also present in him in his DNA it was the G paired with a C cytosince A adenine was paired with T thymine
Aint tha the craziest thing Maw
If I were you boy, I’d keep that
to yourself.
the eyes were casual curious accusing bored they made him question what he was thinking
as he absently lookedround lookedbout prior to seeing the Mexican hed been indifferent he wasnt actually seeing what he looked he seemed satisfied this morning to slipdown
the shadesthe blinds inside his eyes content with the dull diffuse frosty reflections
off his eyelids
0955, Friday,
10 2. 23
0944, Sunnyday,
26 2. 23
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