maybe im just crazy

This world, every so often, gets stuck in a loop. That same day repeats again and again until the loop ends. When it resets, no one remembers. Not people, not animals ... I don’t know how. I don’t know why. But, I’m not like the rest of you. I remember everything. And I can even change what happens during the loop. People think I can see the future. But, I just remember it.

It’s 3am. Even the birds and lambs are asleep. So why am I hearing your screams?

The Royal Schools have accepted me as a student. I GOT IT!

Contract of Service 1. You will always answer to Me with “YES.” 2. You will always serve Me with a smile. 3. In case of breach of any terms above, the fine is to be a hundred times the payment.

I am wearing Lyonnais silk, encrusted with Indian sapphires, working with overlay of 200-year-old lace. Apparently too much movement can cause the sapphires to shred the lace. If that were not enough, the gown sits atop a bespoke underpinning made of whalebone. The bones of whales. Whales died, so I could look like this.

My client says he doesn’t know.

It’s really sad if you think about it. But somehow, I find it hysterical.

Your problem is you are trying much too hard to be respectful.

You called me an unexpected variable, an unpredictable deviation that entered your life. I don’t want to be that anymore. I want us to talk and discuss our future ten, twenty years from now, until the day we die. I want to plan everything with you. I want to be the constant in your life.

It’s chilly, so how about pork backbone stew? We’ll have it sizzling hot. / We’re at a hotel, so let’s go to a fine dining restaurant.

It feels like they’re starting to swap personalities. / They say you grow alike with the one you love.

Don’t go. Stay by my side.