New Start Or Not, There Was A

She Introduced Herself To My Parents With One Of Her Mighty, Bunny-crushing Handshakes. (i'd Never Seen Claudia Crush A Bunny, To Be Fair, But That's The Approximate Level Of Pressure.)

I Try To Shake It Loose-but These Ideas, They Cling. It's Like I'm Shackled To Them With An Iron Chain. They Rattle Along Behind Me, Dragging Against The Ground, Always Reminding Me Of Their Presence.

You'd Been Petting A Stuffed Dog?' She Said 'a Dead One?' 'it Was A Really Well Stuffed Dog' I Clarified. 'i Have Seen Some Bad Taxidermy. This Was Top-notch Work. It Would Have Fooled Anyone.

This Wasn't A Position She Wanted To Be In. And Yet . . . Yet She Knew That She Was Going To Do It Anyway.

I May Have Been A Complete Lunatic, But I Was A Complete Lunatic With Manners.