Paresis – II. Sleep
-Inert. The body, the system, lies motionless, no movement except for the swelling under the frame, raising the flesh, a steady filling and emptying of the sacs, still fed by artificial airways. Eyelids shut, closed, not tight not pressed, but without so much as a quiver. There is, the almost imperceptible pulsing of the body; valves now fully functioning, ushering plasma to the chambers that regulate the system, the body. Eyes open. Momentary lapses displaying signs of life, apart from the pulsing of rivers and the filling of sacs. Perfunctory. Dilation weakens, light refracts but does not enter past the […]