Stories From The Nerve Bible [Excerpts] (Laurie Anderson)

I stayed at the palace in one of the former king’s harem houses. Each of the king’s wives had had her own house guarded by a pair of live animals – a bear and a fox for example. By the time I got there years later, the menagerie had dwindled a bit. My house was ‘guarded’ by two fish swimming around in bowls.