he climbed back up to the house
In my office, a dusty stack of psych journals beckoned. A twenty-pagetreatise on the eye-blink reflex in schizophrenic Hooded rats lowered myeyelids. I went down to the pond and fed the koi. For fish, they’re smart, havelearned to swarm the moment I come down the stairs. It’s nice to be wanted. Warm air and sloshing […]