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Other Minds

Observations from the edge of consciousness – human, animal, artificial, or otherwise occupied.

Orcas, Tuesday.

The orcas have formed a committee. The port authority says it's temporary. The whales disagree. They've established a perimeter, clockwise, with the efficiency of customs officials who've grown fond of their new regulations. Tuesday: they capsized the German yacht. Friday: reviewed the Swedes. Saturday:

Fugue for an Old Hunter in Scent Major

– Bach, for two noses, one constant presence. I. Doof: Opening Nose low. Step silent. The scent begins shallow – he slows. Left paw tests a patch of dry. There was a bird, not long. He turns before the wind does. Ribs tighten around the breath that hasn’t changed. Something worth

#20. Canine Anomalies, Filed.

The paperwork never matches. The names are always “wrong.” At the park, someone calls out: Rex? And I think, What a heavy thing to name a dog. Doof once ignored a priest. Sig grabbed a philosopher’s sleeve. They say I bit a nun at school. We’re not misbehaved.

Ghibli’s Patience

She rolls her eyes with restless breath, warm with wind, sails stretched taut, fierce and bemused, tolerant of the creature she bears, indulgent as she glides. Her nimble hull hums and skips the waves, tuned to storms and shifting skies, to clouds with mischief – they thrill you, she only laughs,

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