a shave and a haircut away from switching back the clock hands cut the hairs that thought they were in default contempt rather grows beyond itself carefully and all at once it’s yesterday how many days ago was it? I don’t remember I prefer not to remember and then I do remember and I appreciate what happened before down the drain onto the floor it all goes somewhere I’ve been there I’ll go there again the sharp cut returns all as it was as you were; indulgent clicks I meant clitches or rather cliches