Bruxism. Never have I come across a term better to describe the action of clenching one’s jaw, pressing the teeth together and then the final release of such grip.
No such term exists for the feeling which remains, so here it is: Anenula.
Anenula. The sensation of tension released post Bruxism. The feeling is initially pleasant and relaxed. However, it ends with the ache of wanting to repeat the action of Bruxism.
In winter, his fur grew to a healthy length and thickness which inspired you to enjoy with clenched fingers. Fist fulls of black fluff.
Summer time scissors and clippers. Shhnk, shhnk, shhnk would echo throughout the house as mum released him of his hot coat tangled with burrs.
At the end of each of his haircuts we would form the excess fur in to a side-on shape of his body.
The fur from his very last clipping sits in a plastic bag in my mum’s bedroom.
I had a day dream of opening that last bag of fur and forming it in to his shape, the shape materializing in to a real life form. Bringing him back.
I remember the handkerchief in my hand, tiny fingers twisting the corners.
The smell of carpet, eucalyptus and wooden building blocks.
You were there 10 years before me, handkerchief in fledgling hands.
It feels like I’m still there in some form, waiting nervously for my mother.
With you a time before, waiting for yours.
My body can be an oddity, the organs play games and swap positions.
Like right now, my stomach is in my chest but my heart is in my stomach.
And then the problem with my brain is that it’s actually in my coat pocket, wrapped in a tissue, being poked by my set of keys.
Hello, bear with me while I practice my writing. I will space out the sea of words with some of my art/photography every now and then.
