• (0) Regret

    As a youth, you were beautiful you didn’t need a mirror to tell you that you didn’t need to transcend I did that for you.   Your earlier face, that asymmetric face was the one I knew best; with the nose offset, thanks to the playing field.   Then the glass came between us between...

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    The Great Pears Soap Disaster

    It is one of those small comforts of the morning bath routine. The merest sniff has ... (329)

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