The Solace of Monsters (2016)
“Under my feet the smell of crushed greenery, fresh and growing, lifted toward my nostrils. Weeds, long grass, and ferns tickled my pant legs and shoes. Sunlight jeweled the trees, made patterns on the bark. I enjoyed the way evergreens hoisted up the sky, opening into all that blue. I detected the scent of cows, their digestions and excrement, the slow way they scraped against and shifted within their fences. I smelled horses, and thought of the way they penetrated everything with their hooves,... tearing up the landscape as they ran through it. Those horses, with their large, expressive eyes, swished at flies with their lovely manes and tails. How they could run in all different directions at the same time. I liked all the animals, all the plants, maybe even better than people.
I neared Theresa’s house. My load did not feel very heavy. But I put it down near a small rock. I heard the uncomfortable squealing of a mouse, claws digging at dirt. I didn’t understand the sound.MoreLess
I neared Theresa’s house. My load did not feel very heavy. But I put it down near a small rock. I heard the uncomfortable squealing of a mouse, claws digging at dirt. I didn’t understand the sound.MoreLess
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