big drops that you would have thought were hail rained down, slapping the metal roof. at work i still feel wrong. something isn't working. and it's not just me.

on the radio there was something about the fast food movie. something about not having a connection with what you eat. something about nourishment.

nour·ish·ment (nûrsh-mnt, nr-)
n.

Something that nourishes; food.

i have forgotten that all of my parts need nourishment. dick, brain, soul, stomach. not just things to stuff places, but things to nourish.

nour·ish (nûrsh, nr-)
v. nour·ished, nour·ish·ing, nour·ish·es

To provide with food or other substances necessary for sustaining life and growth.

the rain outside nourishes my soul, the sounds it makes. when the lightening splits the air and the rain wakes the ground.

wipe wipe.

one time there were two thoughts that three wishes could not make whole. it will take five trials, the four witches told me. Six miles away, i slew seven giants with eight magic arrows. Nine years later, i buried ten children in the desert, beaten by eleven years of disease and sun. twelve stars could be seen over thirteenth avenue. fourteen pigeons gathered around fifteen scattered grains. sixteen cars passed by. seventeen minutes fall away.

my soul needs nourishment.