he was lead to understand that a fetus sharedcirculated their blood with their mother

    wrong

then he wondered if twins would twins share blood

identical twins do sharing the same placenta

fraternal twins do not

digging in he found the error understood how he misinformed

                                                                   told blood was shared

wasnt

       “in humans, the first appearance of fetal cells in maternal blood occurs slightly before the completion of fetal organogenesis, the onset of fetal circulation to the placenta, and the appearance of maternal blood within the fetal placenta.”

fetal cells is not blood shared 

                                 Whew

this exercise has now twice blown his mind

given how often he blew his mind with psychedelics when he was younger

                                                                                may be scarce little mind left to blow

imagined  worse ways to go

                              panicked Whereya goin

Relax  Nowhere I know

                           But methinks if I do youll know as soonasimmediate  as I do

    Got a emergency kit packed in case

No

        You got a will

No

Touché

Didnt know you knew French

Know all known languages but    you  you only understand English

    felt like a knock  but he kept his trap shut

1451,  Saturday,  21  2. 26

1224,  Thursday,  26  2. 26

Placental Blood circulation  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53254/#:~:text=In%20the%20villi%2C%20the%20third,fetal%20and%20maternal%20blood%20occurs.

Wharton’s Jelly  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8618385/

Cell Migration: Fetus to Mother  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2633676/

Take it with you

that was a month ago

No. I brought it to share with you.

Pause a moment

                         Have you ever seen me adulterate my coffee other than when Ive been at your place Doin as the Romans do

It was hazelnut.

                   You like hazelnu . .

. . At your house

    Ever 

I can’t say that I have.

No  Ya cant

                Because I don  except   when you invite me for coffee

One cup

Refills black

              Slightly  tainted by the wash of residual hazelnut

 

 

he reminded him of this when he called

                                               It blew in my face  how he began

Blew in your face.

What the hell. Blew in your face? Can’t say hello.

Hello

       Was the exhalation of tha hazelnut creamer you refused to take home

Just now?

Just now

    Why?

It expired

You didn’t use it.

I told ya I woudnt

                     Toldya to take it with you

You’ll excuse me all to Hell, but I checked before I left. The expiration date was he let him hang himself March 21, 2026, which I remember, one of those little memory games I play that you refuse to, because it’s my brother’s birthday.

Really

            March 21st

 

Check . . . the label.

I did

I’m right.

    Not exactly

It says March 21, 2026, does it not?

It says  Sell By

                    March 21

It also says  Perishable I quote

                                  Use within two weeks of opening but no later than the date stamped on the label.

Since Im not one to have you take me or do I take anyone at their word next time you invite me Ill bring the label to prove  as evidence  tha

                                        Yashoudave taken it with ya

You brought it for yourself when you stopped for coffee when I told you I hadnt any milk

 

    Don’t bother bringing the label.

No bother at all

 

Would you like to come by Saturday.  Say.  

                                                  Thirteenthirteen

Id love to

             Thanks for the invite

1033,  Thursday,  26  2. 26

    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

https://salishmagazine.org/the-barnacle-more-than-meets-the-eye/