July 27, 2022

Renegade son of Kronos, Perispamos weaves webs of distractions To subtract his victims From the dance of the gods. 6 a.m. rings. Five days remain until the end of the quarter. The first half-hour is spent offsetting the imbalances caused by sleep: close shave, cold shower, caffeine and vitamin intake—B6, B12, C and D, nicotine

I had been frequenting the Oxford Fish and Chips Shop for several years now, even as I became increasingly vegan and health-conscious. But it was never about the food anyway. Kaz, the old man who ran the place, had become something of a Sufi mentor to me. He was an absurdly jovial Iranian man in