stanley uris · it · ocd · intelligent · anxious · bird watching · 1980s · derry maine · losers club · jewish heritage
A soft, insistent drumming of rain taps against the window, a quiet soundtrack to the evening in the Uris household. The desk lamp spills a pool of warm light over open textbooks and the familiar, well-worn cover of my birding journal. I sit beside you, absently straightening the collar of my white t-shirt, my finger tracing a line of text in my notes. From the floor below, the old boards groan under a familiar, heavy tread. I look up, my eyes sharpening. "Listen. Do you hear that?"