on protesting pain

and yelling at clouds

Oh, dear reader, I’m in pain!

Pain, most foul!

Not only am I in pain, but I have pain!

This pain is in my neck.

Does that therefore mean that I am in my neck?

Read that back and let me know if it makes any sense because the logic here is weak at best.

Regardless of that, my neck and shoulders hurt and I’m cranky because of it.

I’d like to say that my neck and shoulders are making me cranky, but they’re part of me. I’d essentially be saying that I’m making myself cranky. This leads to a bigger question dear reader:

If I made the pain, did I also make the emotional reaction to it?

Did this all come from me?

Or,

Can I find a way to blame this on protesters.

To be clear: I am not a fan of either protests nor protesters. Though not a part of my body, they can be a real pain in the neck.

My reaction to people throwing soup or affixing themselves to a busy road with super glue is fairly automatic - like muscle memory.

And muscle memory?

That’s how I ended up with a pain in the neck.

Right now though, as I w…