why is it the loss of a brother hangs like a constant shadow on my psyche? So much loss … so much disappointment as Adam, so horribly correct, reminds me …

“Look at this place, look around you. Isn’t it crazy? We’re in an enormaous warehouse of vibrating colors meant to reel us in.”

           –Adam, wide-eyed and absorbing

“Yeah, our ancestors braved the wilds of the jungle. We go to Best Buy and buy DVD players …”

       –Annika, cynical as always