Chorus of Mushrooms by Hiromi Goto

Author:Hiromi Goto
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: NeWest Press
Published: 2014-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

“You switch around in time a lot,” you say, a bowl of coffee resting in your palms. “I get all mixed up. I don’t know in what order things really happened.” You lift the coffee to your lips and slurp at hot liquid. Nibble a dry Italian biscuit and look expectantly up at me.

I tip my chai to my lips, and lick sweet aromatic milk that lingers. I want to just ignore you. You with your dry biscuits and expectations. But it would be rude and you have listened with care and intelligence. You have participated in the story.

“There isn’t a time line. It’s not a linear equation. You start in the middle and unfold outward from there. It’s not a flat surface that you walk back and forth on. It’s like being inside a ball that isn’t exactly a ball, but is really made up of thousands and thousands of small panels. And on each panel, there is a mirror, but each mirror reflects something different. And from where you crouch, if you turn your head up or around or down or sideways, you can see something new, something old, or something you’ve forgotten.”

“Wow,” you say. “Wow, that sounds like some mind bend. Some people might call it madness.”

“Yeah, I guess. But some might call it magic.”

“Abracadabra,” you say. “Shazam! Presto! Open Sesame! Chi chin pui pui! I love peanut butter sandwiches!” you yell, waving your arms in a vaguely mysterious fashion. Everyone in the coffee shop is staring at you and I laugh and laugh until I am crying.

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