Dizzy Spell Due to health problems, I find myself
renting a shack-like house on the border between Mexico and Texas. The sitting-room is in
the United States, whilst the kitchen is in South America. I exist on a mixed diet of
Twinkies and tortillas, mulling over my emotional difficulties and waiting a selection of
telephone calls which never come. Time passes without comment, and a rusty film of
disinterest forms over my thoughts. Over a period of vaguely discernable weeks, I develop
a species of vertigo which leaves me unable to look either up or down without extreme
dizziness. My vision is locked on a horizontal plane. My situation deteriorates until I
cannot look at the window without seeing the word 'window' and a foggy reflection of my
own countenance. Eventually I cannot enter the United States without being overcome by
emotions which manifest themselves as an overwhelming compulsion |