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101 First do no harm While trying to extract a fly from a spiderweb, I pulled one of its legs off. There is the thought of small prosthetics, image of a tiny hospital, tiny being too big a word for the nano-this and micro-that, calipers and scalpels and whats-its. Once I grant soul, it’s hard to stop. Does a carrot have any, and if any, more than cucumber but less than squash? Philosophy should lead to salad. I was trying to help. By this phrase we have watch fob, atomic bomb, the Red Cross, how often does anyone believe otherwise, does anyone say, I was trying to muck things up? A limping fly. Were I a Hindu, I’d say it was or will be me. I like that as the name of a river: Wasorwillbe. The Wasorwillbe flooded, hundreds were killed. Six months later, the best crop of wheat in a century. I see a boat, a man asleep in the boat, his hand asleep on the water, a fly asleep on his hand. hicok pages i-120.indd 101 1/7/10 3:23 PM ...

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