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The Trouble wiTh birds llison Finch's swank apartment house lobby flung a spangle of colored light out into the street. It blazed down on her dark hair, but no measure of illumination or explanation was going to soften her perception of me—I was a cold-blooded killer. She was entirely out of my league and I knew it. She was exquisite, pretty as a peacock. Her wide blue eyes were sure and young and lovely, and her hair, which curled up to her shoulders, was black as the proverbial raven's wing. How I had ever managed to land a dish like her in the first place remains a mystery to this day. Our love had blossomed like a flower, but now the petals were falling off. And it was an honest oversight, the self-inflicted death blow to my heart, just a casual remark regarding my aspiration to bag a Story & Illustration by Ryan Stalvey S P O R T I N G C L A S S I C S 6 1 A Man's timid heart is bursting with the things he must not say, For the Woman that God gave him isn't his to give away; But when hunter meets with husbands, each confirms the other's tale – The female of the species is more deadly than the male. – RudyARd KIplIng