My Cardboard Balcony

To See The World As Lobster by Belinda Roddie To see the world as lobster: There would be more colors than are painted on an aurora borealis souvenir. More dimensions and shades and hues at a film premiere. Aggressive mantis shrimp sees all: Humans can view the neon hallucinations from over a dozen tiny perceptors as nothing more than a fever dream.

He heard the rumbling before he saw the truck, so he was able to jump out of the way just in time at the rickety red pick-up rolled onto the gravel driveway. Once the dust had literally settled, he heard the jingling of spurs as the brown toes of worn down cowboy boots emerged from the driver's side. Deputy Sheriff Teresa Hawley, dark-haired and freckled, hopped down to the ground with a slight grunt, then pushed the brim of her hat up and grinned.