If I only had a neck; peeps; stoned @ peep place

This entry will have been written under the influence of cheerfully suppressant drugs. Should I stray from the paths of grammar, sense, or decency, allowances are to be made. The avocado compells due access to all liverwort in this, the season of bloom.

So. The neck bit. My neck hurts. Ah! if only ‘t’were so simple. Some few days ago I had opportunity to lift leaden weights, to move through all the ranges of all my motions with the resistance of gravity and (that Newtonian thing that escapes me just this moment), and I did just that. I lifted and, in response to my will and effort, my blood vessels expanded to supply my cravant (if there is such a word outside this, my cheerful delerium) muscles with that which seemed needful. I left the place of strenuous efforts (those less prolix would term it a ‘gym’, but let us scorn the lack of ambition that would permit us to rest there, at one syllable) somewhat over-worked. Very over-worked. In fact, I seem to have overworked just enough to let a muscle group (rhomboid, I think, if anyone cares and keeps score) clench into a striated-flesh knuckle. Having achieved its Gordian state, my body has chosen to rest; nor stretching nor rest, nor anything has given it the motivation needed to release the hold it has on pain, there just under my shoulder blade.

Today Othello (bollocks to pseudonymery!) Michael and his Imaginery Friend wished to go off to do teen-aged things with others of like temperment, and we took them off to do just that. Climbing into the car, I entirely failed to duck my head in the normal fashion, and boffed it on the side ofthe car. Damage to skull and chassis were minimal, but the sudden demonstration of leverage was crippling. As the poet has said, ouch. I leaned, wracked by dry sobs, waiting for the world to become its customary mnarra-loving place, and waited some more. Finally Bridgette — no, Shannon — had to drive, and I held myself as still as I could and fought the claustrophobic need to stretch my neck to relieve the discomfort.

The boys were dropped, and we went to the hardware store for, oh, I don’t remember. We didn’t get it, I know that. It was out of stock. So let’s say it was wax burritos, since I wouldn’t want them if they were in stock, and having them out of my reach should, therefore, please me. There were no wax burritos, and we wandered without, pining. I was careful to not move my head overmuch, and so missed the Horrible Fate that lay before me.

Peeps.

Hundreds of Peeps, fresh-cracked from their shells, cheeping and hopping and shitting and being just as fluffy and cute and smelly as they knew how to be. Yes, these were not the bland but harmless peeps of the marshmallow variety, but the flesh-and-blood sort, all poof and shiny eyes. It turns out they are free, ten of them, with purchase of a 25 pound bag of feed. Somehow, that seemed a deal that couldn’t be passed by, and we now have ten birds and feed enough for nearly a month. Fresh eggs, it appears, are in my future.

I can’t explain the need for chickens. I asked Shannon (you know her — used to be Bridgette) why we needed chickens, and she couldn’t answer, either. But, there they are. Chickens.

Peep. The cats are fascinated.

I have taken drugs. I have taken Flexeril and Darvocet, which combination has turned the world into a place filled with warm hues and sudden fits of laughter. The air is clarified molassasssasasssas, and I move through it only with effort, and slowly. I weave slightly when I walk, undoubtedly because of currents in the molas — thick brown sweet stuff.

I am cheerful and incompetent, and deeply moved to show that before the world; hence, I post. I go now, to

I don’t remember. I’m sure I’ll enjoy it, though.

2 thoughts on “If I only had a neck; peeps; stoned @ peep place”

  1. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!! Poor hurty Mnarra!! Hope you are no longer hurty soon, sweet dumplin.

    OOOO! And chickies! I love chickies! Are they regular or extra crispie? šŸ˜€

  2. Oh how the mighty have fallen…or at least stumbled and probably winced.

    The pain: Ooooh how I empathize. Having had a compressed disc in the same area, I am familiar with the “can’t move head or I will scream” sort of pain. Take care of yourself (or let Sh– Bridgette do it) and it will get better with time. Until then, enjoy the world in a warm, fuzzy state or a sharp, angry state when the drugs wear off. Consider gentle massage as things get better.

    The peeps: You do realize that it may be many months before the peeps generate eggs. And they will no longer be cute little peeps anymore. They will be large enough to terrorize the cats, stinky, and no longer cute, IMHO. But they are also edible if you take the effort to dress them properly (you know, suit and tie for the boys, formal gown for the girls).

    The writing: Look what drugs did for Hunter S Thompson. Go for it, but maybe you should write a new story while under the influence (WUI?) rather than add to the one you’re currently writing. Continuity and all that.

    In any case, get well.

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