the shift

was just layin around my apartment before i go to a goodbye party in muikamachi, when I felt the ever-dreaded 'shift' that happens when you know an earthquake is starting. the thing I hate most about the shift is that you never know if it will lead to something bigger or just stay small. I became really sensitive to the sensation after the big earthquake and immediately your senses go crazy...you just feel the one shift, then it's still for a microsecond and your heart jumps because you know what's about to happen, and then the shaking starts...this one got a little bigger, enough to rattle the windows and make me feel sick because I was lying down, and went on before about 10 seconds. I hate the shift!