Nervy

[poliphilo]

A carton of cream jumps out of the fridge and spreads itself across the floor.

I clean up the cream.

Ailz catches her foot in a cable and my laptop hits the deck.

Ailz says something and I say, "Don't speak to me right now because I don't think I can answer coherently".

I leave her to check that the laptop isn't bust and take a turn round the front garden. I find an apple tree I didn't know was there. I eat an apple.

I hadn't realized I was so close to the edge...

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough it was the cream that really upset me. It seemed such a waste. The laptop was just one more rotten thing. I was already as upset as I was going to get.