The measuring cup

摘要

August 15, 2012 "You's the girl from the clinic? That place on Jeffuh'son?" Stepping back from the front door, I looked up and saw a man's face protruding out from over the wooden board of Ms Lilly Watson's broken upstairs window. Though I had visited Ms Watson's home many times before and met many of her grandchildren, neighbours, and transient roommates, I had never seen this man before. "Yes, that's me", I replied. "Have you been to the clinic before?" "No, ma'am!" he yelled back. "But I reckon oughtta... hold on, now."