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1 | he | ||
2 | said | ||
3 | at | ||
4 | the | ||
5 | beginning | ||
6 | it | ||
7 | is | ||
8 | like | ||
9 | rolling | ||
10 | yarn | ||
11 | into | ||
12 | a | ||
13 | too-small | ||
14 | ball | ||
15 | sure | ||
16 | you | ||
17 | can | ||
18 | roll | ||
19 | the | ||
20 | memories | ||
21 | around | ||
22 | for | ||
23 | a | ||
24 | while | ||
25 | and | ||
26 | maybe | ||
27 | even | ||
28 | use | ||
29 | some | ||
30 | of | ||
31 | them | ||
32 | eventually | ||
33 | though | ||
34 | you'll | ||
35 | wind | ||
36 | them | ||
37 | all | ||
38 | the | ||
39 | way | ||
40 | out | ||
41 | and | ||
42 | you'll | ||
43 | be | ||
44 | left | ||
45 | with | ||
46 | nothing | ||
47 | but | ||
48 | a | ||
49 | small | ||
50 | loop | ||
51 | you | ||
52 | can | ||
53 | tie | ||
54 | this | ||
55 | loop | ||
56 | around | ||
57 | your | ||
58 | finger | ||
59 | and | ||
60 | start | ||
61 | wrapping | ||
62 | your | ||
63 | body | ||
64 | but | ||
65 | this | ||
66 | is | ||
67 | an | ||
68 | extension | ||
69 | of | ||
70 | the | ||
71 | same | ||
72 | problem | ||
73 | you'll | ||
74 | turn | ||
75 | into | ||
76 | a | ||
77 | mummy | ||
78 | of | ||
79 | memory | ||
80 | there'll | ||
81 | be | ||
82 | nothing | ||
83 | left | ||
84 | underneath | ||
85 | but | ||
86 | a | ||
87 | dead | ||
88 | body | ||
89 | but | ||
90 | what | ||
91 | does | ||
92 | it | ||
93 | mean | ||
94 | to | ||
95 | remember | ||
96 | the | ||
97 | body | ||
98 | with | ||
99 | the | ||
100 | body | ||
101 | i | ||
102 | imagine | ||
103 | a | ||
104 | creature | ||
105 | made | ||
106 | of | ||
107 | memory | ||
108 | putting | ||
109 | its | ||
110 | feet | ||
111 | in | ||
112 | its | ||
113 | mouth | ||
114 | turning | ||
115 | into | ||
116 | a | ||
117 | ball | ||
118 | in | ||
119 | this | ||
120 | way | ||
121 | it | ||
122 | could | ||
123 | roll | ||
124 | all | ||
125 | around | ||
126 | the | ||
127 | landscape | ||
128 | of | ||
129 | its | ||
130 | memory | ||
131 | i've | ||
132 | tried | ||
133 | explaining | ||
134 | this | ||
135 | to | ||
136 | other | ||
137 | people | ||
138 | but | ||
139 | it | ||
140 | does | ||
141 | not | ||
142 | make | ||
143 | any | ||
144 | sense | ||
145 | to | ||
146 | them | ||
147 | the | ||
148 | task | ||
149 | of | ||
150 | eating | ||
151 | one's | ||
152 | feet | ||
153 | is | ||
154 | to | ||
155 | them | ||
156 | an | ||
157 | unsolvable | ||
158 | problem | ||
159 | they | ||
160 | seem | ||
161 | to | ||
162 | forgotten | ||
163 | that | ||
164 | as | ||
165 | babies | ||
166 | they | ||
167 | were | ||
168 | able | ||
169 | to | ||
170 | make | ||
171 | themselves | ||
172 | into | ||
173 | loops | ||
174 | so | ||
175 | i | ||
176 | increase | ||
177 | the | ||
178 | count | ||
179 | to | ||
180 | two | ||
181 | two | ||
182 | snakes | ||
183 | eating | ||
184 | each | ||
185 | other's | ||
186 | tales | ||
187 | forming | ||
188 | a | ||
189 | loop | ||
190 | in | ||
191 | this | ||
192 | way | ||
193 | they | ||
194 | are | ||
195 | able | ||
196 | to | ||
197 | put | ||
198 | two | ||
199 | heads | ||
200 | on | ||
201 | one | ||
202 | body | ||
203 | this | ||
204 | doubles | ||
205 | the | ||
206 | number | ||
207 | of | ||
208 | memories | ||
209 | which | ||
210 | really | ||
211 | only | ||
212 | exacerbates | ||
213 | the | ||
214 | problem | ||
215 | it | ||
216 | is | ||
217 | like | ||
218 | trying | ||
219 | to | ||
220 | roll | ||
221 | two | ||
222 | different | ||
223 | materials | ||
224 | up | ||
225 | into | ||
226 | a | ||
227 | ball | ||
228 | the | ||
229 | people | ||
230 | i | ||
231 | tell | ||
232 | this | ||
233 | to | ||
234 | do | ||
235 | not | ||
236 | understand | ||
237 | this | ||
238 | either | ||
239 | they | ||
240 | say | ||
241 | using | ||
242 | two | ||
243 | animals | ||
244 | makes | ||
245 | sense | ||
246 | to | ||
247 | them | ||
248 | they | ||
249 | say | ||
250 | there | ||
251 | must | ||
252 | be | ||
253 | different | ||
254 | types | ||
255 | of | ||
256 | memory | ||
257 | i | ||
258 | disagree | ||
259 | with | ||
260 | this | ||
261 | theory | ||
262 | of | ||
263 | memory | ||
264 | i | ||
265 | think | ||
266 | there | ||
267 | is | ||
268 | at | ||
269 | bottom | ||
270 | only | ||
271 | one | ||
272 | type | ||
273 | of | ||
274 | anything | ||
275 | with | ||
276 | subtypes | ||
277 | grouped | ||
278 | together | ||
279 | along | ||
280 | the | ||
281 | edge | ||
282 | of | ||
283 | a | ||
284 | loop | ||
285 | color | ||
286 | becomes | ||
287 | a | ||
288 | good | ||
289 | metaphor | ||
290 | look | ||
291 | how | ||
292 | many | ||
293 | of | ||
294 | them | ||
295 | yet | ||
296 | they | ||
297 | are | ||
298 | all | ||
299 | consumed | ||
300 | by | ||
301 | the | ||
302 | same | ||
303 | part | ||
304 | of | ||
305 | the | ||
306 | body | ||
307 | maybe | ||
308 | two | ||
309 | different | ||
310 | materials | ||
311 | are | ||
312 | still | ||
313 | made | ||
314 | of | ||
315 | material | ||
316 | and | ||
317 | maybe | ||
318 | they | ||
319 | can | ||
320 | be | ||
321 | rolled | ||
322 | into | ||
323 | a | ||
324 | ball | ||
325 | maybe | ||
326 | there | ||
327 | actually | ||
328 | never | ||
329 | was | ||
330 | a | ||
331 | problem | ||
332 | or | ||
333 | maybe | ||
334 | and | ||
335 | this | ||
336 | is | ||
337 | more | ||
338 | likely | ||
339 | i | ||
340 | need | ||
341 | to | ||
342 | restate | ||
343 | the | ||
344 | problem | ||
345 | i | ||
346 | think | ||
347 | it | ||
348 | all | ||
349 | boils | ||
350 | down | ||
351 | to | ||
352 | the | ||
353 | fact | ||
354 | that | ||
355 | i | ||
356 | have | ||
357 | a | ||
358 | truly | ||
359 | lousy | ||
360 | memory | ||
361 | i've | ||
362 | tried | ||
363 | different | ||
364 | mnemonic | ||
365 | devices | ||
366 | like | ||
367 | imagining | ||
368 | each | ||
369 | thing | ||
370 | i | ||
371 | need | ||
372 | to | ||
373 | remember | ||
374 | being | ||
375 | visited | ||
376 | by | ||
377 | a | ||
378 | bouncing | ||
379 | ball | ||
380 | i've | ||
381 | tried | ||
382 | trying | ||
383 | string | ||
384 | into | ||
385 | finger-loops | ||
386 | i've | ||
387 | even | ||
388 | tried | ||
389 | writing | ||
390 | the | ||
391 | things | ||
392 | i | ||
393 | need | ||
394 | to | ||
395 | remember | ||
396 | on | ||
397 | my | ||
398 | body | ||
399 | if | ||
400 | you | ||
401 | asked | ||
402 | me | ||
403 | do | ||
404 | any | ||
405 | of | ||
406 | these | ||
407 | work | ||
408 | i | ||
409 | would | ||
410 | have | ||
411 | to | ||
412 | answer | ||
413 | none | ||
414 | of | ||
415 | them | ||
416 | sometimes | ||
417 | in | ||
418 | the | ||
419 | morning | ||
420 | i | ||
421 | realize | ||
422 | dumbly | ||
423 | i've | ||
424 | forgotten | ||
425 | my | ||
426 | words | ||
427 | all | ||
428 | of | ||
429 | them | ||
430 | they | ||
431 | generally | ||
432 | come | ||
433 | back | ||
434 | by | ||
435 | around | ||
436 | ten | ||
437 | o'clock | ||
438 | but | ||
439 | the | ||
440 | frequency | ||
441 | with | ||
442 | which | ||
443 | this | ||
444 | is | ||
445 | occurring | ||
446 | is | ||
447 | becoming | ||
448 | a | ||
449 | problem | ||
450 | i | ||
451 | feel | ||
452 | that | ||
453 | my | ||
454 | brain | ||
455 | is | ||
456 | being | ||
457 | separated | ||
458 | from | ||
459 | my | ||
460 | body | ||
461 | is | ||
462 | there | ||
463 | a | ||
464 | place | ||
465 | in | ||
466 | the | ||
467 | universe | ||
468 | for | ||
469 | a | ||
470 | misplaced | ||
471 | memory | ||
472 | does | ||
473 | it | ||
474 | eat | ||
475 | its | ||
476 | own | ||
477 | tail | ||
478 | and | ||
479 | roll | ||
480 | around | ||
481 | the | ||
482 | universe | ||
483 | as | ||
484 | it | ||
485 | loops | ||
486 | does | ||
487 | it | ||
488 | shrink | ||
489 | down | ||
490 | and | ||
491 | become | ||
492 | lost | ||
493 | as | ||
494 | a | ||
495 | tiny | ||
496 | ball | ||
497 | no | ||
498 | matter | ||
499 | what | ||
500 | happens | ||
501 | eventually | ||
502 | i | ||
503 | will | ||
504 | become | ||
505 | them | ||
506 | as | ||
507 | i | ||
508 | lose | ||
509 | the | ||
510 | last | ||
511 | of | ||
512 | my | ||
513 | memory | ||
514 | i | ||
515 | wo | ||
516 | not | ||
517 | be | ||
518 | able | ||
519 | to | ||
520 | solve | ||
521 | the | ||
522 | problem | ||
523 | of | ||
524 | my | ||
525 | being | ||
526 | and | ||
527 | my | ||
528 | being | ||
529 | will | ||
530 | become | ||
531 | my | ||
532 | problem | ||
533 | in | ||
534 | an | ||
535 | eternal | ||
536 | loop | ||
537 | i | ||
538 | will | ||
539 | roll | ||
540 | my | ||
541 | body | ||
542 | into | ||
543 | a | ||
544 | prenatal | ||
545 | ball | ||