“Look at the picture. Where is the boy?”
“Use your finger, like this, and point right here.”
Some sounds come out of the scowling man, “We’re
wasting time. Better to let him enjoy
himself, stare at the sun, fondle a toy.”
“When we talk, it’s like he can’t even hear.”
Look at the picture. Where is the boy?
Use your finger, like this, and point right here.
“Think we could train him to be a busboy?”
“Mother says he can wash but it’s not clear
he could do it himself when his mind disappears
to that other place alone with his joy.”
Look at the picture. Where is the boy?