Archive for January 26th, 2007

My boy is gone

Friday, January 26th, 2007

scratchinback

October 30, 2006, 11:30 pm: Garbanzo Carlos A. died in the arms of his loving mom, Franque. He was 17-years old. His little sisters Frieda and Lily were present. Garbanzo was cremated and now lies in state in his former home, on the mantle near his life-partner, the late-Claudia Sophia A., who passed away in 2002.

Garbanzo was originally from the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC. He was a constant and comforting companion to his mother, who selected him from the litter on his second day of life. Garbanzo was known for his lion-like build and his ability to sense and weed out evil people.

Garbanzo is greatly missed by all who knew him.

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confession of a witness

Friday, January 26th, 2007

I was trapped in traffic. It was awful: Lift foot from brake, roll a few feet, reapply pressure to brake. Wait. Repeat. For miles it was like that. When it finally opened up I eagerly applied pressure to the accelerator and began the zoom to work. But just as the zoom was picking up -say, at the “zo” of “zoom”- I saw her there on the side of the road. A deer, clearly wounded, although for a second one might think she was merely sitting at the side of the road watching the cars go by. But no, she couldn’t move from her spot, and she was looking around, trying to push up with her front legs, arching her neck as she searched for a familiar face, perhaps. And her eyes met mine -at least I feel that they did- and I did nothing. I kept going. I was late for work. She was, I think, early for death.

This happened on Thursday morning. It is now 11:30 pm on Friday. Although I’m not sure what I could have -or should have- done, I feel terribly guilty.

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