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My name\u2019s Irit Ziv. I have a low-rent apartment in the East Village that I used to share with my girlfriend, Shirley Chen. It\u2019s April now, and Shirley died four months ago. Ever since then, I\u2019ve been visiting visit Ma and Pa\u2019s flat in Brooklyn Heights a lot. An awesome spot, with a full view of lower Manhattan. The trees by the river are turning green. I\u2019m a grad student at NYU, trying to finish a PhD thesis in the physics department. Physics was probably a bad choice for me, but it\u2019s too late to change. | Copyright 2016 by Rudy Rucker. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices