"All I want is the other half of my brain back, the half that's sealed up in this plastic tub. A blank spot in my cognition, like a severed limb, an absent spouse."
From "Starlings" by my friend Michael J. DeLuca(
boonofdoom) available to read at
Abyss & Apex.
Okay, they're really about more than mud and tubs.
You'll see. Go check 'em out for yourself. They're well worth your time.