Dot tooth extraction Dot tooth extraction The universe sends its messages in pairs— one for the eye, one for the body that hasn't yet agreed to sit down. There is a chair. It is not your chair until you are in it. Outside: broken clouds doing what broken clouds do, which is move without deciding to. Your phone knows before your mouth does. Your mouth knows before you do. The nerve has been expecting this. Two notifications because one could be a mistake but two is the world clearing its throat.