The morning, 6:18 A.M.

Light on the water.

The big rock face catching the light at Hendry’s Beach.

Arroyo Burro Creek.

2:35.

Inside the library, with its former heating apparatus.

I am so jealous—why do I only wear black?

I’m down at the public library for the last day of Banned Books Week, which happens to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month. No quiero bailar hoy, pero quiero leer sin censura.

Yes, that is the species and the condition too.

But put all three of them together . . .

Thank you. The subject agreed to pose, but only very briefly.

Admire, but don't eat!

On a more positive note, there is a worldwide boom in ticks.

Thank you. I do believe you're on to something.

Groovy, man.

So it does.

I'll have to check with the extraterrestrials to see if they have lips.

Precisely.

Raaaoowwww!

That's my whole world.