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Water Flows Down
Got in an accident yesterday. Yep. It hurt. Fell off my bike. At first, I hurt all over. I tingled and then started to shake in my legs. I wasn't sure what was hurt how bad. Then everything felt good except for my shoulder which began to hurt more and more.

I'm guessing that there's no such thing as "injury"; there is just "fear" and agreement with a concept of "should be injured".

I "knew" I had to be hurt somewhere, so I took a little while to figure out where. I settled on a spot in my body that already ached and was a reasonable target for the type of accident I just had.

The pain flowed "downhill" towards the spot that was already the most full of pain (accounting for the type of accident).

First written Thu, May 15, 1997
Last published Wed, Jun 2, 1999