It depicts an angel soaring above an ocean, his golden trumpet blaring loud enough to rouse the dead from their coffins. On Judgment day all pretense ...lips away. Everyone is equal. All the lies we tell ourselves become unimportant. The card indicates that I must make a Judgment of my own. Should I try to shake the dust from all the corpses inside my own head, all those hopes and lofty goals which I’ve buried one by one? Judgment can also mean rebirth, a fresh slate upon which to etch our lives.. “What’s this?”“A gift,” Vondi smiled. “For your trip.”“Okay,” Audette said slowly, dragging the word out to a few seconds. “What is it?”Vondi shook her head. She grabbed Audette’s hand and put the bundle into it. “Look at it and find out.”The younger girl opened the small, dark parcel. It was a long glove, made of thick, hard leather dyed almost black. The fingers and palm were supple, but the back of the glove was thicker and harder. The thickness and hardness continued all the way back. The. “Problem solved.”Teri Sue walked back towards the yellow brick-road.“Now I have to take a crap.” Only a few steps away there was an ant hill. It was quite big and Teri Sue hardly fit it under her bum but there she went, covering the pile with an even bigger one of her own. “Take that, stupid ants! That's for always invading our porch and living room in summer! Fucking stupid ants!”I don't think that were the same ants, Chester thought to himself. But the thought didn't convey itself to Teri. I told her that I would probably not be back until after ten o'clock. Since school was nearly out for the summer, she had no homework and readily agreed to baby-sit.The dinner was a real bore. My sales manager droned on and on about the "bottom line." Since the company was picking up the tab, I had a few too many cocktails. Luckily, the meeting broke up early, and I headed home.Entering my house, I looked forward to spending some time chatting with Kitten and admiring her tight, petite body..