/authors/butch-ramrod/Recent content in Butch Ramrod on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usTue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2009/07/28/charles/Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2009/07/28/charles/<p>“Just a latte today please.”</p> <p>With a nod the waitress departed leaving Charles to contemplate his cocoa skinned prey. Today was the day; the culmination of several weeks observation driven by a desire to add an athletic black woman of Caribbean heritage to his collection.</p> <p>Veterinary school had taught him nothing of philosophy, but strangely he found a kinship with the existentialists in his work with animals, so the hunt had been a pleasure.</p>