Monday, March 21, 2011

That Light

That LightbyPaul Hostovsky

Everything is interestingif you’re of a mind to see itin that light. Claude Monetprobably understood this. The stonersback in high school definitelyunderstood that everything is intoxicatinglyinteresting if you’re of a mindto see it in that light. My grandmotherin the emergency roomsurrounded by doctors and nurses and childrenand grandchildren, was of a mind to seethe pulse-oximeter on her left index fingeras the most interesting thing in the room,more interesting than anything else in recentmemory, which was mostly goneby then anyway. She cockedher head like a bird or philosophercontemplating a crumbon God’s table under the light, that light,and said to her children and her children’s childrenand all of the strangers working togetherto keep her from dying: "Whatis the name of this thing? It’s so interesting.I don’t think I’ve ever seen it before."

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