Asterisk
“Dawn, the first streaks of light were visible in the Eastern sky. Outside, an early bird was singing monotonously. All night long, unable to sleep, he had watched the night sky, the moon that had come out when the rain stopped—he had watched the stars, the dust of constellations, imagining that if you learned to read the patterns of the universe all kinds of questions would be answered. A cosmic shorthand. A celestial cryptogram.
He turned to look at Marcia, who was lying on the bed, staring at... the ceiling. Ever since they had come to this hotel room she had gone inside the shell of some silence, some withdrawal. Was it fear still?
He walked across the floor, sat on the edge of the bed, lifted her hand: a deadweight. He wanted to say something. But what? After a moment he rose and went back again to the window. The stars were fading over Washington, a ritual extinction of light that would go on long after Asterisk was buried and forgotten. The same universal drift, the flux, the coming and going.MoreLess
He turned to look at Marcia, who was lying on the bed, staring at... the ceiling. Ever since they had come to this hotel room she had gone inside the shell of some silence, some withdrawal. Was it fear still?
He walked across the floor, sat on the edge of the bed, lifted her hand: a deadweight. He wanted to say something. But what? After a moment he rose and went back again to the window. The stars were fading over Washington, a ritual extinction of light that would go on long after Asterisk was buried and forgotten. The same universal drift, the flux, the coming and going.MoreLess
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