Table of contents We are awash in the unseen and science has made us aware of the flood. 4. The look she gave me 4. Half-hours in heaven are three times that in hell 5. Not out of anger 5. Pay the toll, mister, or nothing can get done 6. A desire to understand 6. Misattributed 7. Seven syllables amble 7. Disassociated 8. To drink at the pond 8. Advice from a cereal box 9. Two fall in and drown 9. The challenges of a modern life 10. Odd-numbered ponies 10. Probability and the American Dream 11. Buck and Whinny in the moonlight 11. Two friends throw dice 12. To die tomorrow 12. Fears of death 13. To be everywhere 13. The solipsist talks to God 14. All at one time: my motto 14. A phone conversation following receipt of an ill-timed love letter 15. Of a perfect world 15. Woody Allen at the horse races 16. This morning the sun 16. Whether you say good morning or good night 17. Wandering through the window 17. A traveler waiting on the mountain 18. Alights on my shoulder 18. The impenetrable object falls in love 1. Liquid messenger 2. After a gate closes, dogs bark 3. Finding old men at dusk