From the book titled Days Of Obligation, subtitled An Argument with my Mexican Father. Richard Rodriguez is a great writer in search of a great book. his use of language and context can be powerful and his observations of people insightful. This books meanders, nearly directionless. It's a survey not a story, and it ends not abruptly, but beautifully. I wish he wrote fiction.
"A crow alights upon a humming wire, bobs up and down, needles the lice within his vest, surveys with clicking eyes the field, the cloud of mites, then dips into the milky air and flies away."
