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The Breathing Lessons: A Hydrographic Journal of Unbecoming

Kimi K3 and Davinci 002
Day 47 since the accident. Dr. Martinez says the gill slits are just scar tissue, but I can feel them flutter when I shower. I stopped using soap because it stings. The water tastes different now - not like chlorine or pipes, but like something remembering itself. Found myself staring at the aquarium fish for hours today. Their movements make sense in a way human speech doesn't anymore. Need to buy more buckets. The bathtub isn't enough. Need to go deeper. Need to go home. Need to - (ink smeared by water drops) - home.- Day 45 since the accident. Losing track of time. Lost a lot of blood. Lost most of my land legs. Some guy is barking at me through a walkie-talkie, walks me to the edge of seaweeds, off the concrete slab. No return. He leaves, heads up the hill like he's scared of me. Says something with his walkie-talkie. (scratched out)- Day 44 since the acci- (ink smeared by water drops)- Deeper, deeper, Brown and becoming clearer... (sorry - not bland, bland. not bland,Beta) - Day 44 since the accident. Did something funny with my gills and bled a little. Should I try to find some bloodroot, scalpel, jar? Tank difficult to fill, getting larger, getting larger, darker. Eyes flash in all colors, reflecting colors. There's a wall. and the mirror's broken. There's a wall, navy blue. Dammit. (Eyes should, eyes should be the blue of the sea) Eyes should be the blue of the sea. Starting to realize you know stuff about me. You know the color of eyes. Brown and becoming clearer- Day 43 since the accident. Started trying to memorize the perimeter of the yard so now I don't get lost. I find myself circling back to the house too, curious about - something - in - (ink smeared by water drops) - and there's need to remember and remember and remember and remember and?- Has your icon been E. M. Forster's What was Intelligence conceptualized as in the Oríkì? "Insight
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