its mouth hung open in its dead fish head , breathing ragged breaths through jagged teeth . i wished she could see what she really was what others saw . my gaze went to the woman i was supposed to have married . he listened to each leaf crumble under their boots , the soft hush of owl wings overhead , the scurry of a mouse into its hole . it 's on this girl in bed , waiting for me . `` you are as crazy as they say . '' 