If he's smoking while he
makes a political point, his lip will curl up the same way it does
when he's tearing lettuce leaves. After a long walk, he'll hold your
hand lightly in his because he says he can feel the pulse in your
fingers. “Still breathing,” he says. Noses never stop growing
and his will only get longer. But you'll be under by then; leaving
the trace of all these gestures.