Sol-Caninus

Red 31. Crushed Dragonfly. The meaning isn't yet significant, but eventually it all paints a picture. If we're lucky he won't catch on. 31 is the age when it's supposed to happen . . . the Dragonfly is him. We know this. We've always known this. We're only waiting now, hoping he doesn't catch on. At 3:15 PM he strolls up the cobblestone street on a familiar cold blue day. Weary and downcast, his eyes are already shifting to the red 31% off sign in the store window at Target. He's 30 now but soon, he realizes: next year. Slightly after, his head is turning to the ground to see under the tire tread of a red 2011 BMW, a dragonfly, crushed to death. The dragonfly is the symbol for the Light of God. When he was a boy in Montana, he selected from a glass bowl, a stone out of many stones, etched upon it was the visage of an animal. His mother drew a Wolf and therefore she was grounded and supportive. A teacher. A healer. He drew the Dragonfly, therefore he’s the Light of God . . .