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Unrinating
Russell Edson

After urinating I was ready for anything. I said, fella, you name it.
Of course I was speaking to myself. I call myself fella to keep a professional distance. If I used my actual name I might implode into subjectivity.
So I said, hey guy, what are you up to?
I sometimes call myself guy for the same reason I call myself fella.

So, after sitting for some hours with my head in my hands, I was ready to urinate again. And so I did, and felt ready again for anything.
But what?

And so I drank several more quarts of water and sat there even as fella and guy snored quietly in my bed ...