Aww

Little circles-for-eyes Orphan Annie appearingemerging left profile from the liknowleum  shes creeped him out since he first realeyesed her in the Funnies

                                               then

before submergingslipping particulising from wherever she rose out of the back of her head blossomed in whole the head right profile of a young bearded Tolstoy seeminglylooking over his shoulder as Annie is either ignorant or ignoring him

as she disassemblesdisappears she takes him with her

                                                             he ishis expression  is despondent

couldnt blame the guy

not only might he not want to be associated with Annie

                                                                 but not seen with her either

shes an anchor

Tolstoy a misfortune seed  misfortune barnacle

the roiling surface subsided

There. said liknowleum defiantly  What you gonna do with that?

                                                                           Bear witness

                                                                        Reveal wha I saw

                                                                                stranger forms of consciousness exist     

1244,  Wednesday,  25  2. 26

1007,  Thursday,  26  2. 26

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