Scotch

ScotchI'd had my heart broken and was looking for help. I called a fellow I knew and asked if I could come by. He said yes, and we talked all night, and drank two-and-a-half fifths of Bell's scotch while doing it.The sun rose and I felt comforted and wise for about a block of the walk home, and then I didn't taste scotch for 20 years.Fade out, fade in.Again, it occurs to me, I was being comforted for some enormity my endocrine system had involved me in, sitting in a bar in Cambridge, Massachuset...