Fever dreams

A lot of communication: voice over internet protocol, voice over the doorstep, voice across the lawn, faint voices on a landline (well, you've had a stroke and we've has a virus, it's expected), instant messages and healing images. "How are you?" Well, how would you like us to be? We can spin it any way. "We are much better than we were" or "We are pretty battered and taking it steady", two for the price of one. It's better than introspection. Mostly, we are stir-crazy, virus-pickled, bored with this story. Move on

We have a "green drive". The car sat on it without moving for 6 days. There is a patch of bleached grass under each wheel. Beneath the body, these appeared, enjoying the transient microclimate. I haven't tried one, I just feel as if I have