next door to paradise

We’ve discovered Biko’s superpower. Although he has a normal resting weight of 58 pounds within Earth’s gravitational field–well within normal parameters for a dog–if he is lying in my spot on the bed, he activates his special neutron star mass, becoming virtually immovable. We are researching more beneficial applications.

The dog, lying in the shade of the gardenia bush, thinks that the “lesser” in lesser mockingbird refers to diminished cognitive capacity, because nesting five feet off the ground and then constantly bitching at a dog seems a little brainless.