A sneeze; a gull; an argument; a trip; a finger bleeding from an envelope whose clasp turned out to be sharp as a knife so blood welling from my sudden cut spots the page before I open it; a leaking fountain pen; a piece of fruit whose juice runs down my chin; the dolphin charm on my new bracelet snagging in a lace shawl as I turn the page. Remorseless foreground, no one thing more real than any other. … More »