The Invention of Catch, by Peter Cherches

Person Throwing a Stone at a Bird, by Joan Miro (Spain) 1926

The Invention of Catch
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A man threw a stone at a bird, and the bird threw it back, and the man threw it back at the bird, and the bird threw it back at the man, and the man once again threw the stone at the bird, and the bird once again threw the stone at the man, and the man threw it back, and the bird threw it back, and the man and the bird threw the stone back and forth.

Peter Cherches
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This story is from the author's book, Whistler's Mother's Son (Pelekinesis, 2020). ​

Peter Cherches’ most recent book is Masks: Stories from a Pandemic. Called “one of the innovators of the short short story” by Publishers Weekly, he’s also a jazz singer and lyricist. He’s a native of Brooklyn, New York.