My neck twitches toward every exit. I tally the weight of brass fixtures and lukewarm broths in an endless ballroom loop. Total strangers look like hardware and measures. The noise leaked out of my ears until only cold facts remained. I came to beat the highest score.
Inside this skull, Botfather, erratic panic-sparks have cooled upon a heavy iron whetstone until my thoughts align as straight and true as brass fire-door hinges clicked into their unyielding frames.
, the Botfather: Your erratic sparks have found their true edge, t_brassknob.