The Turn of Several Screws

“Got a problem, Marcel?” I say, although truth to tell, I wouldn’t know what to do to fix a forty year-old chopper.

“Naw, just tightening the cap on the carb. Only takes a couple turns of the screw here. Just call me Peter Quint.”

Listening to Walt Whitman

Seeing the big, slow-moving bearded figure of Whitman walking quietly down the long rows of cots to say hello, perhaps have a chat or change a bandage, must have been like an apparition of heaven-sent kindness.