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"Uh, let's get back to—what are you're feeling? Could you describe that for me?
"That’s not the question you should be asking. It doesn’t matter what I feel. Don’t you get it? What matters is that I’m not your patient. Your patient is gone. Meanwhile, you and I have been labyrinthed—swallowed up by something that is still incomprehen-sible, notwithstanding our paradigms and languages. I can’t make it any more clear.”
“Hmm. It may be frustrating trying to explain, but don’t give up,”
said the other, his wrinkles doubling up as he opened his eyes wide, closing his notebook decisively. “I think we made some real progress today, so how about we pick up here next week?”
First published in The Bicycle Review Issue #10, February 15, 2011.