Seek and Hide: the Lover gazes at the Beloved. The Beloved looks away. The Beloved turns and looks at the Lover. The Lover runs away.

Health foods make promises that only the Second Coming could fulfill.

For some, bottles of liquor gleam like the towers of Eldorado.

Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.

Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.

Old photograph: amid the set poses of her family, a young girl smiles and raises her hand a little.

Memories contain hidden editorials on current events.