entering her room he was at the foot of her bed

the nurse said she had awakened earlier so they bathed her and changed her bedding She’s fresh, all spruced up!

he appreciated the nurses enthusiasm

she fixed him with her marvelous luminous huge hazel eyes personalityplus growing in expressiveness and nuance since she became ill and then lost her voice altogether

he hadnt heard his daughters voice in fourfive months

her eyes had discovered a vocabularyimpressed upon him everyone the necessity of asking only Yes – No questions

Yes – one blink

No – two blinks

he asked her if she slept well

blink

Did you dream baby

blink

she texted on her cellphone she downloaded an app that allowed a voice to repeat what she wrote he hated the recordings female voice  pasty flat  no inflection Did you?

he smiled

           he blinked twice

:  :  You look like you didn’t dream.

his eyes opened wider

he didnt ask her I do  his eyes spoke

                                          they had learned a vocabulary too

2150,  Thursday,  2  1. 20

1236,  Monday,  18  5. 20