i postulate a remedy that dismantles temporarily 

the apparatus of the mind that filter and sieve 

and obfuscate the things historic versions of the user 

have deemed to be unhelpful. 

the patient’s neuroplasticity is augmented,

the user returned to her pure, infantile character, 

unvarnished by cynicism, laughing at the creases on her fingers,

laughing and forgetting everything. 

available from all good doctors.

hello, welcome to the new month. i hope you enjoy the lines above, regarding a medicine that i think many people might enjoy. because you know, it’s wild out there on the mean streets.

just today, i was cycling down v. rd when a lunatic tried to kill me for no reason. he almost hit me at a junction, unintentionally but carelessly. i gave his bumper a wee tap with my hand to let him know i was there. he took this as an invitation to try again to kill poor me.

he then raced to try and hit me at the next road that the bike lane crossed over, but got there too late. so he reversed back onto the main road, and tried again, driving road onto the bike lane outside the post office. fortunately he didn’t get me. but he did get out the car to confront me – i obviously just raced away.

anyway, one of the posties got in touch with a photo of the vehicle. should i shop him?