Leo’s back.

Polar Bear said he’s like her “cicadas,” cause he keeps popping up and coming back when you least expect him.

Whit is wondering if this is a serial?

Belle is wondering if she is dreaming too?

Whisper wonders how the heck he’s been?

Miss Lou sent a “Happy Father’s Day” Wish. Thanks Lou! I guess she just accepts him for what he is, yes?

Sherry.

Sherry, Sherry, Sherry ….

Sherry says - he returns, but does he have any answers?

Iceman: So where you been?

As if activated by my voice - the stereo system kicks into VOLUME LOUD - the music startles me –– but not that much actually – as I’m used to it, on these occasions when for no reason other than another Leo reappearance – my speakers come alive magically. The name of the song you ask? “The Spider and the Fly,” a concoction of Jagger and Richards – a.k.a. “The Rolling Stones,” also known as “the stones.”

Sittin thinkin

Sinkin drinking

Wondering what I’d do

When I’m through tonight

Smoking moping, maybe just hoping

Some little girl will pass on by

Leo: Around.

The Iceman turns down the music.

Iceman: Do you have any idea what is going on in my life?

Leo: It’s a full moon tonight; have you looked?

Iceman: it was full last night and beautiful

Leo: and tonight?

Iceman: probably full again, especially if you say so.

Leo: well don’t take my word for it, check it out for yourself.

Iceman pulls himself out of the chair and saunters over to the window.

Iceman: wait a minute Leo, it’s not dark outside. It’s the middle of the day.

Leo: in your story it was day, but it’s dark now, take a look.

Outside it was dark. Not a star in the sky, just the lonely moon in the eastern sky.

Iceman: how do you do stuff like this?

Leo: I don’t do anything – you just want it so bad - it happens.

Iceman: I’ve been depressed the last couple of days.

Leo: Yeah, I know.

Iceman: Do you know why?

Leo: The Russert death.

Iceman: How’d you know?

Leo: It has almost every man your age depressed at the moment.

Iceman: I liked him.

Leo: and, he was your age, what, two years younger?

Iceman: yeah, he was born in 1950.

Leo: makes you aware of your own mortality, yes?

Iceman: of course, and it’s fucked up.

Leo: it just seems that way

Iceman: no, it is

Leo: not when you look at the big picture

Iceman: and

Leo: think of the whole as yourself.

Iceman: I’m not sure what you mean?

Leo: you’re made up of cells dying and being replaced, just as the whole.

Iceman: the earth you mean?

Leo: not the earth, not even the universe – ‘the whole.’

Iceman: so Tim was just a cell, like all of us?

Leo: cells dying and being replaced

Iceman: so, ok, the human body is like the entire universe?

Leo: the whole

Iceman: so the whole has cells dying and being replaced and so does the body – so they are alike?

Leo: they are one and the same

Iceman: what?

Leo: it’s an integral part of the whole – therefore it’s - the whole

Iceman: ever notice when you keep using a word – over and over again – the spelling starts looking wrong?

Leo: yeah, like ‘whole’ - it has to do with redundancy.

Iceman: kind of like life?

Leo: kinda

Iceman: what’s a ‘cicadas?’

Leo: a bug

Iceman: who says you don’t have answers?

Leo: we all have answers – we just don’t all know them.

Iceman: ok

Leo: Sherry

Iceman: what about Sherry?

Leo: she didn’t say I didn’t have answers, she merely wondered if I did.