A quote: “Humans are amphibians – half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.” C. S. Lewis
I’ll start with a story …
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I’m only aware of the seasons when I pick up groceries down the block.
Otherwise, the weather inside the bar, from start to finish of every shift, is Neon with a high chance of human humidity. End of shift, up the backstairs to my efficiency flat, stand-in for home.
It’s only temporary, I said. Just wait until I sell my script. Or was it a novel?
One night, she says “Show me.” I take her up. All the papers & post-its. She notices the dust. How is there dust?
In her eyes I see how many seasons have slipped by.
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Now, it is your turn.
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You ask why I stopped drinking?
Got pulled over for a DUI last night.
Asked for my license and registration.
Told me to get out of the car.
Asked me to blow into a little balloon.
Shone a flashlight in my eyes.
Asked me to repeat the alphabet backwards from P to D.
Told me to stand on one leg and count to ten.
Same with the other leg.
Then it was the heel-to-toe walk.
Nine paces down the shoulder of the road,
Nine paces back.
I said, “Are you fucking crazy? There’s no net underneath out there.”
urbane legend says: Rain fell gently, blood trickled down the street.
Two bodies, face down, man and woman, both in raincoats.
Kelsey knelt, Donnelly watched. They split work; Donnelly paperwork, Kelsey dirty hands.
He turned the bodies half up, stared awhile, stood.
” Very angry woman. Surprised them, shot him close, in face. Woman stunned, couldn’t move,
two in chest. Small caliber. Ex-lover, in town.”
Donnelly raised eyebrows. Kelsey pointed. ” No rings, no defense. Go home. She won’t leave tonight. “
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