numbed raze you don't want to taste what a thing is with a numb tongue. you either get the truth of the thing, the truth that hides itself when every part of you is awake, or it's some bitterness that creates itself just for you, just for that moment, stitching up the mind with some crude thread slow to dissolve until you force yourself awake. it's simpler with fingers. they know what they're touching even when they're asleep. 170228 ... nr it's all the same even when it's not the same the differences are repeated the same way 221105 ... nr "numbness may be a coping mechanism to prevent more pain from entering the psyche." i mean... it may indeed. 221105 what's it to you? who go blather from