“The madhouse of the skull.”
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Irish dramatist, novelist. The narrator, in Ill Seen Ill Said, p. 20, Grove Press (1981).
TIME: 7:05 PM
PLACE: Living Room
SUBJECT: Cow skull
Before I left last week, StellaDella requested that she wanted me to bring her only one thing back from Texas – a cow skull. From any other 7-year-old girl, that would be an odd request. From my daughter, not so much. On Saturday, I located this one. I liked it because the horns curled under. I was told that this was because the rancher weighted the horns to keep them from catching on things or from accidently goring the other cows or the rancher. I couldn’t wait to see the look on her face today when I gave it to her. I wasn’t disappointed – she adores it.
1 comment:
a little bit scary - but great shot
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