The Rat and The Flowerpot
        from The Bowery Project

The rat was lying under window beside shards of my flower pot and
cactus plant on concrete. Some of the shards were on top of the rat. I
had some plants on the window sill one floor up and often found the
roots dug up, flower bulbs stolen, thought it was a squirrel. Maybe it
was this rat, he was heavy, obese. Maybe he fell and then the pot
landed on top? The little water dish was still intact on the ledge.
Maybe the fall killed the rat? Could a rat climb a brick wall 30 feet
up? But would a rat eat roots with so much fresh garbage on the
ground? Could a squirrel have knocked the pot off the ledge just as
the rat was walking underneath? What are the odds of the squirrel
offing the rat? I couldn’t quite put the narrative together. Then I was
drunk and still, I could not solve the situation.