It's hard to describe what happened next, not least because I was at the time largely unaware of it.
This is not to say that it happened with any degree of subtlety; from what I have been told, there was a substantial amount of ruckus, alarm and general calamity. Rather, I was unaware for the simple reason that I was aware of very little in general.
It was a sensation not unlike passing out due to oxygen deprivation; a dizziness which encompasses the whole body, a lack of connection to one's self and the universe. A loss of consciousness in the truest sense, which leaves one unsure whether one has properly fainted and slept for hours, or whether one's mind has merely fluttered for a moment. It lasted forever and no time at all; without points of reference it is impossible to gauge a period during which one did not, as far as one is aware, exist.
Either way, one finds oneself on the floor, heartbeat pounding in the ear and vision slowly clearing as blood flows back into the sensory organs.
And, in this case, staring at a leather boot.
This is not to say that it happened with any degree of subtlety; from what I have been told, there was a substantial amount of ruckus, alarm and general calamity. Rather, I was unaware for the simple reason that I was aware of very little in general.
It was a sensation not unlike passing out due to oxygen deprivation; a dizziness which encompasses the whole body, a lack of connection to one's self and the universe. A loss of consciousness in the truest sense, which leaves one unsure whether one has properly fainted and slept for hours, or whether one's mind has merely fluttered for a moment. It lasted forever and no time at all; without points of reference it is impossible to gauge a period during which one did not, as far as one is aware, exist.
Either way, one finds oneself on the floor, heartbeat pounding in the ear and vision slowly clearing as blood flows back into the sensory organs.
And, in this case, staring at a leather boot.
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