The Fact of the Moon Is Stranger Than Most Dreams by Palmer Jacob

Author:Palmer, Jacob
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-16T00:00:00+00:00

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“Maybe I’ll name you Pinocchio, because someday you’ll be a real bunny. You like that name? I was going to wait until Abram got back to name you, but who knows when he’ll get back? In fact, from now on, you’ll be my boyfriend,” Edie said to the rabbit, which poked its head out of her looted Judith Leiber crystal-studded hamburger-shaped purse.

Edie and the rabbit visited the corner store where she purchased an organic protein bar with add-ed nutrients for lung health and a CBD-infused orange drink, spending the last of her money until her UBI direct deposit at midnight.

Edie took the rabbit down the hill to Duboce Park and set it in the mostly yellowed grass. She found herself disappointed by its nonreaction to the grass and the world outside of the apartment. Two dogs approached and sniffed at the rabbit, but they weren’t interested when they determined the rabbit was artificial. An expensive artificial dog showed up, but it wasn’t interested, either. The rabbit hopped a little and sniffed at the grass. Edie brought the Konstantin Raudive book to reread, but instead she used it as a pillow as she texted friends, sending them pictures of the rabbit in the grass.

She thought of Abram. God, please let Abram be alright. Where is he? I talked to him last night, and he said he was coming home. Maybe I should go to the police. This is weird for Abram. Or I guess not that weird, especially when he’s with Kenner. He said he lost his phone. If I don’t hear anything by this afternoon, I’ll call the police. I have to stop thinking about it. I’ll call this afternoon. I wish I had some weed.

Edie made her way back to the apartment. Passing the church, she saw Octavia playing with two other children.

“What is that, Miss Edie? You have a bunny rabbit?” Octavia said, running over.

“That’s right. Careful. Be gentle petting it.”

“I don’t have to be too gentle. It’s just a robot rabbit anyway.”

“How could you tell?” Edie asked.

“The Blue Lady said you’d be coming back today with a rabbit. A robot rabbit.”

Edie squatted to look Octavia eye to eye, forcing a smile. “Octavia, you wouldn’t lie to me, would you?”

“No, Miss Edie.”

“Now tell me the truth. Did you really talk to the Blue Lady?”

“I talk to her all the time.”

“When do you play the Blue Lady game?”

“That game is for grownups.”

“Then how do you talk to the Blue Lady?”

“I told you last time but you didn’t listen,” Octavia said. “She talks to me when I’m sleeping. When I’m dreaming. She told me about your man. You didn’t never tell me you got a man, Miss Edie. She said your man is out in the desert, though. She’s trying to help him, but she can’t help him that much. She’s stuck, like, inside a mirror.”

“Okay . . . Let’s go for a walk, Octavia. Tell Florida we’re going to go play at Alamo Square Park.”

Edie walked blindly up the hill, just barely stopping herself from walking into the intersection.

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