—a headline from CNN online
Our neighbor wakes us up
at 4 a.m. banging on the
door. She wants to know
if we’re the source of the
very loud music. I take a
sip of water from the Aqua-
fina bottle I received (comp-
limentary) on my first day
of work (I can’t seem to
to part with it). “No, no
music here,” I say. I’ve
only been asleep for an
hour, having been kept
awake late, no doubt,
by the same music about
which she’d awoken us.
Slipping back under the
covers, I’m thinking that
I’m certainly not the big
dragon that I used to be.
At this moment finishes,
the other me is just now
getting out of the cinema;
a film about a play (play
within a play, play on!).
Arriving home, the other
me sends an imaginary text
message to the neighbors:
All is well. We are here. Peace.
