I Have A Girlfriend Who Talks Like

Instant Gratification Takes Too Long.

Certainly There Are People Who Like Me, But Then There Are Those Who Don't Know Me Who Gossip About Me. You Can't Believe The Things I've Heard.

I Rarely Think About My Childhood. It's A Slippery Thing I Can't Keep Hold Of For Long - It Slithers Out Of My Grasp. And A Lot Of The Time I Remember What Was Missing Instead Of What Was There. I Am A Chronicler Of Absence.

I Spent A Year In A 12-step Program, Really Committed, Because I Could Not Believe What Had Happened - That I Might Have Killed Myself.

Now It's Dedicated To My Grandparents And To Both Of My Parents. The First Book Was Dedicated To My Mother So I Thought Maybe It Was My Father's Turn, But Then I Realized That Everyone Would Jump On That And Assume I'd Had Some Falling Out With My Mother, Which Is Absolutely Not The Case.