I was eating minestrone br when I heard something fall br outside my apartment window. br Too dark to see much br but a pair of hairy arms slam shut br a window on the third floor br of the building opposite mine. br br In the morning all I found br was a bent clarinet on cement, br dented horn and pawn shop sticker br saying nine dollars. br br It reminded me of the French explorer br Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. br He too had dreams, set sail br up the St. Lawrence, looking for China, br and wound up settling in Detroit instead.