houndstooth raze here is what you do and don't remember: a woman with a face that's never clearly seen. a breakfast of blood and burning sea anemone. toy soldiers painted pink. windows made of torn tissue paper. a wig held in place with a houndstooth headband. soaped-up handcuffs and a pair of snare drums. an unfried fish on a paper plate. a filthy mattress on the floor, bereft of box_spring or bedframe. an abandoned fur coat repurposed as a macabre cat. silos and smooth stones and the dirt road that takes you home. a table fan with one blade stained red. the terror and rapture of childhood breathing down the back of a nightmare's neck. 260827 what's it to you? who go blather from