i'm reading and thinking i've read this before but it was just published. about toxoplasma, the parasite in the brains of some humans. i should not drink coffee after morning stop eating sweets. blue moon. up at 2. congested, a tenderness in neck, throat. i'm detached from the words. one of the worms in the dog gelsomina talks, the dog talks, the humans are there but only talk to themselves, in a glass house. the dog thinks of things the humans don't, presumably just living their lives in a glass house. the dog is chosen, but grows old, and another dog is chosen that will replace the dog. i'm trying to read consciously, but maybe there's a parasite in my brain. also the moon.