Caren Messing

The Untrammeled Hills of Whet

Waking suddenly from a deep sleep Jeremy lays still. Dream-residue creeps and continues and the image of a seven-foot tall jack-rabbit is before him. The rabbit says “a smile is a curve that sets a lot of things straight.” The rabbit’s ears are surprisingly soft and dangling. Jeremy pulls lightly on the brown edgings of the ears and does a reverse-roll somersaulting in happy ascension.