Upon stubbing his toe, Edmund’s pain located him more specifically in his body than at other times. He was now mostly located towards the end of his foot. The foot that, stubbing itself, knocked Edmund’s boat figurine from the mantel. The boat that was inscribed ‘Jesus is my boat through the storm’, or something. The foot that was moistening inside his terry towelled socks.
Edmund was decentred, swung to his own extremities. His toe moved to the front door - which opened - and traced the letters of ‘Bless this home’ on the doormat. Edmund went out into the light rain and improved the circumstance of his toe to better catch the drops.
© Matthew Joseph Johnson, 2010
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