As I took up my position as a wallflower and watched Lindsey dance with my cousin for the third time, I mused on the pair. |
The scientists watched the waggle dance occurring in a glass observation hive and identified recruits. |
I watched him wandering the room in circles, having no idea what he did with me the night before. |
He watched the ticking on his bedside clock until the minute hand felt more like the hour hand. |
They never watched the clock, never dreaded Mondays, never worried about the years passing by. |
I watched his hands, tipping measured amounts of powder from a pewter horn, tapping in a ball and wad with a short ramrod. |