IT WAS WORTH ALL THE ANGER OF AUSTRALIA I went fishing for a whale. My reasons were entirely scientific. I wanted to know why they built families when families are like sticks braced against each other. The harpoon pierced the whale and I dragged it onto shore. I climbed inside its mouth and examined its [...]

REGRETFULLY I FOUND THE HAWK When I came upon the hawk she was trapped between the screen door and the front door. Her left wing was broken in two places and she was bleeding from her chest. Due to the unique colorations of her feathers she resembled a master’s painting viewed from behind a double-thick [...]

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WAR-TIME ALLIANCES At the dinner-table, in the little French restaurant near the shore, she declared the terms of agreement by which we must abide. Should either of us trespass upon the terms then we were to never speak to each other again. There was steak tartare and then there were allusions to our pasts and [...]

MIGRATORY PATTERNS After she walked away I remained standing on the beach next to the towel and the empty bottle of wine. There was a full moon but I did not enjoy the sight of it. Some time after dawn, the full moon disappeared. It was there one moment and then it wasn’t there. Eventually [...]