In the beginning he had ideals, a reason for delivering impassioned speeches before crowds, but all the handshaking and adulation and weather buffed him down to a surface smooth as a one-way mirror: on one side you see yourself in him; on another you only see your enemy, the other.
Tim Boiteau is an award-winning writer living in Michigan with his family. He is the author of three novels, most recently The Nilwere (Grendel Press, 2024). See more at timboiteau.wordpress.com
