Warning hiss of sinusitis--right eye socket an emergency road flare of pain flickering in the morning dark.

Awake all night, all the thoughts you didn't want to think about anymore that still insisted on being thought about cylindered around and around and around inside your skull like chilly blue marbles spinning down a slanted hardwood floor.

Icy rain on snow made last night's streets an accident waiting to happen. Snow coming down all this morning like something ruptured. Everything disintegrates and flakes away. Fresh layers of disappointment erasing icy footprints leading nowhere.

At the end of a stupid and dull afternoon, night was crudely Magic Markered in with squeaky slashes and scrawls. Now wind marionettes the wind chimes like spastic puppets. Your chest clenches.

After what can only be another sleepless night, who will come to scrape you off the ceiling in the morning like chewed-up gum with a putty knife?

Oh, you got this exactly!

At the end of a stupid and dull afternoon, night was crudely Magic Markered in with squeaky slashes and scrawls. Now wind marionettes the wind chimes like spastic puppets.

Perfection.