"As The Mugger Strikes"

Me, at a payphone outside 552 Riverside Drive, the day I move into the apartment I will soon share with Sonnet, our first together+Dominique the cat.  Sonnet relocates to New York that winter so we are not apart while I am at Columbia Business School.  Photo taken by Adam August 28, 1995.

Me: "Don't you feel great after swimming practise?"
Madeleine: "Yeah. I am going to have a nap."
Me: "You know, another thing - exercise makes you smarter."
Madeleine: "Really?"
Me: "What happens when you swim?"
Madeleine: "You get stronger? You get in shape?"
Me: "Yes, but what does your heart do?"
Madeleine: "It beats really fast."
Me: "And what does it pump?"
Madeleine: "Blood."
Me: "And what's in the blood?"
Madeleine: "Oxygen."
Me: "And where does it go?"
Madeleine: "Your brain?"
Me: "Excellent. So your brain gets more oxygen, which helps you learn stuff."
Madeleine: "Did you know that you can eat brains? It does not even upset your stomach."
Me: "Good to know, thanks dear."