Scientists discover that sea slugs can self-decapitate.
A childhood memory of hiding under my desk, hands over head, ready for the bomb.
A paper cup filled with coffee and milk and swirls of chocolate.
A pair of rainbow-colored go-go boots that I will never own.
Scientists discover that, after decapitation, sea slugs can regenerate their hearts in about one week.
A childhood memory of a button. Of buttons.
A list of possibilities of how the world will end.
A gnome, smiling with finger salutes.
Sea slugs have a “breakage plane” in their necks, the same as lizards at the base of their tails.
A childhood memory of a starfish, prone, scalpel in my hand.
An illustration of a human brain.
A messenger running between hemispheres, east and west.
Now what happens?
A memory that each moment—
A breakage plane along the corpus callosum.
Situate. Regenerate. Tomorrow is a new day.
The oatmeal. The milk. The arms pushing the grocery cart.
