Of Song and Water by Joseph Coulson

Author:Joseph Coulson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Published: 2011-03-17T16:00:00+00:00

HE OPENS his eyes to a room without black steel. He sees no woman in a sleeveless shirt. Jen is the only one with him now. She looks like a friend in mourning; her gestures are careful and tentative, almost ceremonial. She holds his right hand and examines the swollen joints. “Your fingers used to be long and straight and lovely,” she says. “I didn’t realize. I didn’t see – ”

He tries to slip his hands beneath his legs, but she won’t let him.

“Is it arthritis?” says Jen.

“Something like that,” he says.

“What is it then? What do the doctors say?”

“They say it’s unfortunate.”

She lifts his left hand and turns it over. She rubs. She tries to smooth and straighten his bones.

“Is there pain?”

“Most of the time. I take pills.”

“When did it start?”

“It didn’t start,” he says. “Not in the way you’re thinking. It just happened.”

“What do you mean?”

“Nothing,” he says. “It just happened.”

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