It was a nasty wound, and the medic said he’d need a cane the rest of his life. That was fine, Aubert had answered. He’d be back with his wife and children.
Fiction
Zero Sum Game
A is for admiration, which is what you want from him more than anything. To inspire wonder is your goal, but you get the sense you’re failing miserably.
Here’s A Little Song
Sometimes I ask people about their first memories. Most involve Christmas, or a vacation at Myrtle Beach, or a tracheotomy victim blowing balloons out of his neck-hole.