
Almost Pure Pleasures
At the end of a nature-preserve cove, I saw in the water some dark, complex something. Two box-like shapes, attached to one another. An abandoned part of a car engine? Approaching a little closer, I saw that it was two midsized, black-backed turtles, one clamped on the back of the other. They were rolling in the shallow water, and a stubby leg of the one on the bottom at times waved helplessly, and the one on top seemed at times […]
Categories: William Eaton, ZiLL • Tags: bicycling, Dr. Zhivago, inequality, money, nature, sex, turtles