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