The narrator blames the birds. And you want to blame the birds as well. I blamed the birds for a long time. But in this story everyone is hungry, even the birds. And at this point in the story so many things have gone wrong, so many bad decisions made, that itโs a wonder anyone would want to continue reading.
Richard SikenThe light is no mystery, the mystery is that there is something to keep the light from passing through.
Richard SikenThe entire history of human desire takes about seventy minutes to tell. Unfortunately, we donโt have that kind of time.
Richard Siken