title: cut-throat razor with ivory handle

                                                                       *object category: toiletries, shaving equipment[**[1]**](<https://www.notion.so/oilsilk-1888-e0071fc6d21f466aaf90ca306d33ae44#_ftn1>)*

at twilight percy is sick at sea again.

rawness scraping

in his throat like

glass. his

throat, always his

weak point.

at twilight the rain falls.

stealing the night and the

ocean with

it. she soothes a

flannel wet and warm on her

son’s neck.

he inhales. musky oilsilk and

sweet salty

air. his face flushes-