NowthatIamolderIampleasedtoremember.Thoseviolentnights.WhenhavinglaidtheorboasideIcametoyourbed.You,havinglaidphonographaside,laythere.Awaiting.I,havinglaidasideallcaresandotherbusiness,approached.Softlysoasnotthtthesoursoriousauthorities.You,undulatilesslyuhedu.Uheframed,signedandnumberedsilverprint.I,havinglaidasideallfretsaurbations,approached.

    Priortothis,themeal.Sometimesthemealwastakenin,sometimesout.Ifin,Islicedtheonionsandtossedthemintothepot,oryouslicedtheterellesandtossedthemintothepot.Thegrayglazedpotwiththeblackleopard-spotmeander.Whataninfinityofleeks,lentils,turnips,greenbeaossedintothepot,overtheyears.Celery.

    Sometimesthemealwastakenout.Thereroperlywithothersincrowdedrooms,green-flockedpaperonthewalls,thetablestooclosetogether.Detquietservitorsinblad-whiteapproachedandwithmanymarksofrespedgoodwill,fedus.Tingleofchoietimesweelectedthesamedish,lambiersauoneoccasion.Threeyellowdaffsandasiulipiallslendervasetht.Mythumbinmymartininudgingtheolivesfromthewhiteplasticsword.

    Priortothemeal,theHappyHour.Youremovedyourshoesandsat,daintily,onyourfeet.Ilooseie,ifthedaysbusinesshadrequiredone,andheldoutmyhand.Yousmashedaglassintoit,justiiguedfromyourlaborsatthescriptoriumwhereyouilluminatedmanuscriptshavingtodowiththewaxing/waningfortunesofIionalSnow.Wesnuggled,thereonthecouch,thereisnootherwordforit,asGodismywithebedawaiting.

    Irememberthephotographoveryourbed.Howmanymshasitgreetedmebahthefirsttimorouslightthroughtheblind-slats.AgenuineWeegee,