perpetuating the meme from ongoing

1. Grab the nearest book
2. Open the book to page 23
3. Find the fifth sentence
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions
5. point back to where you got the idea so that we can follow the threads.

so from Thirst for Love by Yukio Mishima:

The sound of the clock on the shelf chopping time and the chirping of the crickets under the floor placed this night within earthly boundaries, without them it would have been unearthly - a night that hovered over Etsuko and filled her with a fear that she was turning rigid as a fly dropped into gelatine.

i love memes, me!