053104 #eel "I can fly," I said to myself. I saw some bits of wood twirling slowly through the air away from me, ahead of me, and I realized it was the debris that had been stuck to me earlier. "This is the first day of--" and I thought, what is this the first day of? My existence? No, not exactly. But it is the first day. "Happy First-Day," I said into the friendly ear of a man walking on the sidewalk, as I floated past.