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If anyone can track down a reference for the slime mold thing, it's pretty cool.
and at least two out of the following four clinical features: 1. Myoclonus 2. Visual or cerebellar signs 3. Pyramidal/extrapyramidal signs 4. Akinetic mutism AND the marshes rang out and a sea of grasses ran against the river. For best results, avoid unnecessary manipulation of the body. Waiting for the train, one passenger- to-be describes Skazamanka to another not listening. “What is the difference between a corpse and your wife?” The conductor calls, “All aboard.” The engine tuts and comments on local graffiti. When the tunnel will swallow the train, its inhabitants will fiddle with their various distractions and despair for want of landscape to be distracted from. Mud blooms in its own time and the marshes spread and flow even beneath the earth's crust. If the tunnel is long enough, the train-goers will sleep slowly out of sync with the spinning Earth and so after a long think the respondent abandons the puzzle. One could infer these rivers from other maps: contour lines, wind vectors, humidity gradients. A slime mold placed in a Japan- shaped container, with toxins for mountains and drops of sugar for cities, will grow in the exact pattern of the major train lines. The nurse tells me that I am not allowed in here. How broad is this mountain? The phone rings. The punchline lands. Laughter. “I've never fucked a corpse.” Like ants, perhaps one serves a greater design. You pick up. Hello. I have cut off my own face.