110512 #copperhead fucking watch. How long have I been sitting here? A crawdad swims backwards in a sandy little puddle just a few scattered stones away from the main stream. If I reached out my right arm, I could probably just almost get him, if I was fast enough. Somewhere away off to my left, a woodpecker smashes his face into a tree over and over and over again. Somewhere even farther away than that, the sound of a chainsaw—I realize I've been hearing it rise and fall for some time.