The Aquarius

In the afternoon, a chubby, middle-aged, brown-skinned lesbian woman with short hair arrived in the house next door to the schoolhouse. She stood in the doorway with one dark purple and yellow floral print suitcase in each hand.

The next morning the Instructor discovered that all of the tasks the women had been assigned the previous day had never been completed. Beth had left after planting only one flower pot. Jeanine had disappeared after having only boiled one egg (when there were 4 children). Anna had left after having brought only one bucket of water, and Jenny had vanished after having only washed one dish. When the children woke up in the morning, they found only one hard-boiled egg, one cle

After everyone has finished eating breakfast, the table is cleared and the dishes are washed. The children are sent outside to collect kindling, fetch water from the sea and to keep an eye out for cougars. The instructor closes her book and approaches the women who seem to be making preparations to leave the Pueblo.