THE WRITER MUST EAT -> patreon.com/trn1ty <- | \ | | blah! |\ | `\|\ | the rantings and ravings |/ |(_|| | * of a depraved lunatic <^> 2023-12-26 I always took Kafka's Metamorphosis to be an allegory for suicide, with his family dealing with his body. They grieve and move on; Mr. Samsa puts on his work outfit, goes to the bank, Grete starts working, they house dormers to pay some excess bills before finally deciding enough is enough and when Gregor is gone moving somewhere cheaper. I reread it and think long and hard about it. I don't feel like I belong anywhere. My battery broke. My power cell, power pack, power bank. Kicked the ol' bit bucket. Combined with caffeine withdrawal mood swings. I had a razor I use for cutting fabric and I looked at it and thought long and hard about it. Have you ever seen the movie Drive? I don't know what I am going to do without a power cell. It saved my life, genuinely, more times than I can count. What happened to Kafka? He starved to death. I think often about it. Am I really so hungry? I look at the fat in my flesh. I'm tired. <^> No rights reserved, all rights exercised, rights turned to lefts, left in this corner of the web.