![]() ![]() When they rear up, wings spread, the iridescent blue-black of their speculum feathers catches the light. Anas platyrhynchos glide across the water, and the heads of the males gleam like carved emerald studded with bright onyx eyes. A few maples have already started to drop their bloodred leaves. ![]() All around me, the park is quiet and still, an expanse of sleepy green grass. I pull up the hood of my sweatshirt, which offers the dual advantage of keeping my ears warm while hiding my face, giving me a sense of privacy. When I listen more deeply, I can hear the sounds woven into it-the dull roar of distant traffic, the shh-shh of leaves in the wind, the whoosh of my own blood through my veins-but no human voices. The temperature in the park is roughly fifty-six degrees. ![]() So now, when the smell gets too intense, I just go to the park and play online Go on my laptop. Schultz, my landlady, but I stopped when I learned she was putting them all in a file folder marked CRAZY, which I happened to glimpse when I went down to her office to pay my rent. Apparently no one else in the building has noticed. During certain times of day, my apartment smells like rancid Gouda. ![]()
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