Shrimp Salad

Prawns or shrimp? The cat likes them either way. We find him on the counter with a large piece of red onion & a lettuce leaf in his mouth, a sudden fan of salads. The cat is a true eccentric & quite sure he is a dog, while the dog of course thinks she is a human. And we humans are the most curious of all: we believe we are what we eat, though it’s seldom that we’re present for the eating. If we eat a salad, we’re already looking forward to the dessert. Omnivores, dwellers in the benthic zone, we have an unusual tolerance for toxins. Our strongest muscles pull us rapidly away from wherever we happen to find ourselves, which we watch recede into something no larger than a shrimp.