Lost and found is my eureka! blog, my rediscovery of my short fiction and poetry submissions published in literary magazines and university literary journals some decades ago. Interspersed, occasionally, with more recent, hitherto unpublished pieces.
Its adorable face masked like that of a raccoon, its softly alert eyes regarding me with curiosity, the ferret sniffs my extended palm, yawns, revealing tiny teeth perfectly geared to ripping and tearing; more than capable of defending itself from other carnivores; and a pink, very devilishly-pink tongue.
Is this trust or merely the ennui of timeless boredom?
The tall bearded man holding the soft-furred animal and its leash bends to deposit it on the woodland trail, exhorting Winston to exercise himself and not merely breathe the freshly scrubbed air. My similarly leashed dog, a toy breed yet giant in comparison, snarls, and the ferret fearlessly responds, hissing its warning.
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