Val in a stand-off with Sam and Joe, with her Chesapeake Bay Retriever and Executive Assistant, Bodhi. Named for Bodhidharma, the Indian monk who taught physical and mental discipline to the Shaolin.
She
floats light on her feet, centered and soft,
Eyes
everywhere and nowhere, breathing smooth
As
honed steel. Bodhi sits near her right heel,
Ears
perked and swiveling, nostrils twitching.
Joe
pulls the fleece from his lap, exposing
The
ten-inch barrel of his chrome magnum.
Sam’s
mouth is wide open, his eyes half shut.
The
camels shrug humps and go back to sleep.
Joe
rubs his chin. “I’ve seen this one before,”
He
says. “But the other guy had a sword.”
From "Cathartes Aura on the Road from Nowhere", Chapter Four, Verse One.
From "Cathartes Aura on the Road from Nowhere", Chapter Four, Verse One.
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