the_wood_grain_man
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so
I
was
sitting
on
the
toilet
in
the
guest
bathroo-
wait
!
don't
go
!
okay
I
know
I
don't
usually
start
off
my
stories
with
myself
seated
on
a
toilet
but
it's
not
really
about
that
so
. . .
I
look
down
at
the
hardwood-
WAIT
!
let
me
finish
!
AHEM
!
I
look
down
at
the
hardwood
FLOOR
and
for
some
reason
my
mind
decides
on
this
day
to
anthropomorphize
a
figure
from
the
abstract
textures
of
the
wood
grain
of
the
hardwood
floor
.
the
strange
thing
is
that
now
that
I
have
recognized
that
particular
patch
of
wood
texture
to
resemble
a
man
now
I'll
always
see
him
there
like
this
new
little
stranger
in
the
floor
.
it
even
seems
odd
to
me
that
I
didn't
pick
this
peculiar
feature
out
sooner
because
once
I
saw
the
resemblance
he
seems
so
obvious
to
me
.
he
looks
sort
of
like
a
little
guy
in
a
strange
disco
pose
with
one
hand
on
his
hip
and
the
other
hand
pointing
out
to
the
side
and
his
face
is
pointed
up
to
the
sky
with
a
cartoonishly
large
mouth
wide
open
ready
to
receive
the
falling
rain
.
he
has
a
dark
tiny
wood
knot
to
form
an
eye
on
the
side
of
his
face
and
he
has
a
little
wooden
heart
in
the
middle
of
his
chest
.
now
that
I
think
about
it's
kind
of
strange
that
the
only
place
we
have
hardwood floors
is
the
entryway
and
this
little
guest
bathroom
but
I
doubt
that's
as
strange
as
me
telling
everyone
about
this
.
...
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woody
Cartoonishly
big
mouth
eh
?
Well
,
you
can
be
damn
sure
I
won't
be
arborizing
the
likes
of
you
again
.
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...
u24
this
blathe
demands
a
picture
.
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...
hah?
you
sound
stoned
man
!
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