It came to him suddenly, as he ran down the street screaming and on fire, that he was making a spectacle of himself. After all, this was a modest neighborhood of well-maintained lawns and sensible ... [+]
After, under the pylon, power lines buzzing, she told about sperm whales that dive to such depths the pressure and low oxygen for the largest brain on Earth is like asphyxiation sextheir bodies shrink and wrinkle in the druggy pressure, they pound sound waves to navigate, the way we navigate a dreamthe giant squid have arms like skirts and dance out of reach as the whales float belly-up, arch-backed like a bolero, to draw them close and blow a sound kiss to swoon them and draw them like spaghetti into their teethand the squid don't care, because they have been loved.