He awoke, today was Sunday, it was a beautiful day. The nurse had sat him by the open window, he could smell the aroma of the Lilac tree. The doctors ...had given him a new drug to relieve the incessant pain but it did little to alleviate the seizures. The only thing that helped ease his mind was the sight of his friend the Blackbird. As always he could see the bird dance from branch to branch, singing the songs for him and him alone. Then pure horror struck! His eyes began to roll and blink. So swollen and exposed.”Meeting his stare, determined to show no apprehension, I said, “I’m pleased it impresses you. I’m rather fond of it myself.”“Well, onwards. This, as you can see, is a leather riding crop. That is what you’ll be feeling shortly. And this is a soft foam blindfold with cavities for your eyes. That way you won’t feel any pressure on your eyeballs. You can even keep your eyes open if you care to, everything will still be black.”As he was explaining the blindfold, he was. Speaking of that, what rhymes with STRUTS? LES. That's right, Les has turned into the freshman class slut. She always was one to push it to the limit. She seduced Wes into doing things he never would have thought of before the accident. She was so bad he actually took things into his own hands and beat her ass good. And then felt sorry for her and she started walking all over him again. The day he got home, Les was going stir crazy being in bed all the time. I don't remember whose idea it was,. "Where do you think the girls are?" hewhispered still peeping over the fence. I'm sure we looked stupid fromthe house; just two sets of eyes and four hands gently hovering over thetop of the fence. I saw that there was a room with the lights still offon the second floor above the back porch. A strong-looking latticeattached to the brick wall looked safe enough to climb up. How clich?,"I thought. "Let's go up that lattice and into the dark room on thesecond floor. From there, we can look.