no_no raze there's this tiny green circle of a sticker that fell off a new shirt or a pair of shorts or something and landed face-up on the bathroom floor. i didn't notice it at first. then when i noticed it i couldn't bring myself to pick it up and throw it out, because when i looked down at the sticker i saw: NO NO and how do you get rid of something that's begging for its life, even if it's outlived its usefulness and has no adhesive properties left and nothing more to give? this morning i realized i've been looking at it sideways the whole time. what it really says is this: QC 73 and now i'm the one who wants to say, "no, no," because this isn't the conversation i thought we were having. 210722 ... gja nice one 210723 ... raze (thanks, gja. good to see you back around these red parts.) 210723 ... raze i refuse to throw this sticker out, or hide it inside a random book where i can forget all about it for nineteen years and then find it again and be confused for six seconds before laughing until my foot starts to cramp instead of my stomach, or stick it on the fridge after licking it to trick it into thinking it's alive again, or eat it so it becomes a part of me for the next twelve hours. i know i should do at least one of those things. probably eat the sticker, yeah? but to do anything would feel like a betrayal now. so there it still sits, saying something i know it isn't really saying, because i won't stop looking at it sideways. 211008 ... unhinged no_no on blue 211008 what's it to you? who go blather from