BEAR

The man Darwin has eaten, the man who carried the name of his friend—he also carried this:

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What is felt in this room is God’s mother. Two seagulls have come to the lake. In the cloud, there are an eagle and an ox.

You know they take turns feeding. I look up and all the coots are on the lake. Later, there will be geese. There will be ducks.

In the middle of the lake, the birds hold onto the algae with their feet; like this they are tied into the water and they stay still.

How do you know if the two of you are soul mates?

If it’s someone you can’t live without. For some people, there is no one.

Is this sad?

Yes and no.

What if there is someone that a person cannot live without and they never find them?

They die. Love has its way with them.

What if they do find them?

They need to shoot Love dead.

Or?

It has its way with them.