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“It’s a Fishbowl,” he says. He corrects me now.
“I’ll meet you at The Fishbowl,” I tell him.
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When I try to stand, he will not remove his hands from around my neck. His arms are a lei draped around my collar. I stand and he dangles there, his body the totem on the end of a necklace. His fingers are interlaced and so I am forced to utilize The Monkey Bloat.
The Monkey Bloat:
This is where I expand my face, especially my cheeks, sometimes suddenly, sometimes incrementally. I do it with fear and confusion in my face until I can inflate my cheeks no more. Sometimes I cross my eyes. There is a reverie. There is an absurdity that is familiar to him. It usually calms and soothes him. Usually.