Thursday 14 June 2018
"A Visit," from Julia and the Bazooka
One hot night a leopard came into my room and lay down on the bed beside
me. I was half asleep and did not realize at first that it was a leopard. I
seemed to be dreaming the sound of some large, soft-footed creature padding
quietly through the house, the doors of which were wide open because of the
intense heat. It was almost too dark to see the lithe, muscular shape coming
into my room, treading softly on velvet paws, coming straight to the bed
without hesitation, as if perfectly familiar with its position. A light spring,
then warm breath on my arm, on my neck and shoulder, as the visitor sniffed me
before lying down. It was not until later, when moonlight entering through the
window revealed an abstract spotted design, that I recognized the form of an
unusually large, handsome leopard stretched out beside me (p. 19).
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