Insanity hovered close at hand, like an eager waiter at an expensive restaurant. - Arundhati Roy

“The American Way of Life” is simply not sustainable. Because it doesn’t acknowledge that there is a world beyond America.

A sparrow lay dead on the backseat. She had found her way through a hole in the windscreen, tempted by some seat-sponge for her nest. She never found her way out. No one noticed her panicked car-window appeals. She died on the backseat, with her legs in the air. Like a joke.

Normalcy was declared. (Normalcy was always a declaration.)