Sunday, October 21, 2012

A creature I am enamored with

The little creature is a magical being.

It makes strange sounds of delight and protest. It has a piercing and serious gaze. No baby talk for this one. It is only interested in Real Toys, the ones that have function in the World of Adult Humans. It likes cellphones - smart phones, to be precise. Anything with LED lights. ACs, electronics.

 It is a curious cat and loves a good mystery, or even an okay one. It likes to open and shut things - doors, windows, lids. It likes outlets. Peekaboo is a hit game! Also, take your sunglasses off your face and put them back on, repeat - another popular one. Sometimes the creature is like a puppy. It is constantly on the hunt for its bone (a white iphone), and when the phone rings, it scampers all over the house looking to see who is calling. Sometimes it puts a plate or a spoon or a comb to its ear, listening for sounds.

It is a free spirit and desires independent movement at all times. Walking is preferred over crawling. Crawling is preferred over stillness. Anything is preferred to being constrained in a seatbelt, stroller, or arms. It moves quickly and crashes often. The outside world is preferred to everything else.

It loves to play play play and hates to eat. None of us can really understand what fuels this little creature. A lot of tiny ones of its size like the boob.  Not this one. Comfort object of choice is a smartphone. As the creature is getting trained for Human Life, it has been subjected to a lot of firm "No"s, accompanied by a stern raised finger. Now, it is starting to speak and all it says is "NoNoNoNoNoNoNo" with its bald head vigorously shaking from left to right and back. One tiny finger raised.

It is a bit scrawny but has a big round bald head, and big cheeks. Deep lungs. Its bare head is like a glow-in-the-dark alien at night, reflecting white light. It sleeps with its bum in the air, in what some humans call Child's Pose. It wakes up several times in the night, seeks a cushier spot, and plops its big head onto my pillow, or belly or butt, or rests its feet on my tummy. No roughing it for this one.

I like the little creature. I miss it. I dreamed of it the other day, there were 3 clones. It would make an adorable accessory in my NYC life. It smiles when it sees me. And starts to shake its head NoNoNoNoNoNoNo with a big smile. 2 bottom teeth like Bugs Bunny, 2 top teeth in the location of fangs, like Dracula. Little Dracula Bunny is adorable, and senses when people are about to leave. It allows stillness momentarily for them to cuddle it, for their sake of course. Creature doesn't seem to need much, and appears to be profoundly secure in being loved and attended to. That is greatly inspiring, and healing.