The Researcher, having known for sure they’d murdered the D’Adivvian, felt reality slipping, as they’d just now glimpsed evidence that, maybe they had not. Out of this dark, they grasped for a straw, and bumped an unexpected tall table to the side, which began to fall, so, the Researcher’s arm shot out reflexively, hand-gripping the single leg of the tottery table, and then, even though the table did “stabilize”, a bowl kept on teetering rollo-roll-flexor-r-rly (according to the waxes and wanes of the equidadistical graventrutornian pull ) so the Researcher’s other hand shot up, stabilizing the bowl, {p  banana o  banana  r  banana  k}and then, most-dismayingly, (what had to be) the D’Adivvian (who might have been dead, but may not be now)  piped up with, Hey, let me help you w NO NO! slapped out the Researcher’s mouth ///reason being, hokay, how many times did they need to experience a “rising of their heart”, only to be dashed-splat hard-downed into some mud, or—worse–??? ///   so, the Researcher pushed and pushed, smothered over that false (?) voice—we won’t hear it, no matter how loud it gets, even as the voice said,  “Hey look here, here’s someone to see” and, sensing the bowl once more rk’n roll’t ‘oward fast final shatter, stabilized it for once and for all, ‘nd beheld, beheld, here’s be a bowl’d fool oi’ Pills.                      Pills?                       yes     Pills.                   And all at once a            pills pills pills ZONKa   a “lopp”    o’        pills “hecksploded o’ertop ‘tinto’” into der hand      ZONKb so, “bleeding hard”, (not)  they downd’red knack-one’s first off o’ so so so many, and,  this slit a tall “escape door” cracked open (with bright light behind) an initial eight inches  to the front left o’ the Researcher (as from the right rear cried that voice that can’t be , crying “Wait here’s a way out—here right here I am look I’m not }NO+1 so ______  a new “lopp”    o’         pills “hecksploded o’ertop ‘tinto’” into der hand      ZONKb so, “bleeding hard”, (not)  they downd’red knack-one’s first off o’ so so so many, and,  this slit the tall “escape door” (with bright light behind) another eight inches  to the front left o’ the Researcher (as from the right rear cried that voice that can’t be , crying “You have not killed, WAIT—look look you have not}NO+1 so _____________ a FINAL “lopp”    o’         pills “hecksploded o’ertop ‘tinto’” into der hand      ZONKb so, “bleeding hard”, (not)  they downd’red knack-one’s first off o’ so so so many, and,  this slit the tall “escape door” (with bright light behind) a final eight inches  to the front left o’ the Researcher (as from the right rear cried that voice that can’t be , crying “You have not killed, WAIT—look look you have not}NO+1 so WOW! [[Exactly the bash-size what’d slip’t through their hole so thay did and now “Thank the praise of the God “The Researcher, by God, yes [Carmen Basilio] they CAN get away” :::as out back behind that voice lied no no no back here come back here I am::: to where we won’t have to know what we don’t wan’ to know :: that voice goes on lying no back here come back::: into the land of eternal hope the dry arid dustpaths out {pork} ‘ere’s eternal hope yes yes head o’ lettuce yes no! (no no no no) :::as out back behind [Carmen Basilio] no no and so no “back here” the Researcher, come::: once more “totally alone”, and “totally exhausted”, stumbled mindlessly ‘cross the swirling dust-powder, ‘t, ‘nto the freedom, out ‘f the trap of truth’s perfect knowledge, which everybody wants, but non really want, singular, or plural—or at all.      ?                               ?                                                        ?

 ?                                      ?                               ?                             ?

                  Your Pick!                                             {pork}          

                                                                                                                                                                        head o’ lettuce

Page    PAGE   \* MERGEFORMAT 2                                                                 (Meirose)