Eccentric Flower:199806/eyeball always wet
From Eccentric Flower
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seventeen june ninety eight four a m eyeball always wet You become awake in the middle of the night soaking wet sweating, eyes hurting. Realize that your eyes want to water, to soothe themselves, but your body's so low on water that they can't. While staggering into the kitchen in the dark, rub one itchy eye. Bad idea. No lubrication whatsoever. Your eyelashes clump and stick together in a painful shape. A pint or so of icy refrigerated water later and you can feel your eye moistening itself again. You remember your book on anatomy for the artist and how it showed an eyeball, glistening, a little droplet coming off the bottom, with the penciled notation, "Eyeball always wet!" Never let your eyes run out of water. When you go back into the bedroom, you turn on the air conditioner mounted in the window. © columbine |
