NARRATIVE of WARD COURIER, Continued

July, 2009

RUSKIN, NY

It was hard keeping to my post on the super-soft bed. I started thinking about moving it so I could stand under the window and get a good enough look to be sure of what I was seeing. I am nearsighted at best, even with my glasses on. Every appliance around me was connected to another, it seemed, with wires and cords. The wrong move could topple night-tables and unplug devices. I half-knelt on the edge of ...