Little Blue Lies
“I am a shark, I’m a blade, I am any number of beautiful streamlined lethal things, and I honestly feel like I can do what needs to be done, whatever needs to be done, in this suit. I look in the full-length mirror hanging on the inside of my closet door, and I’m stunned and intimidated by the transformation. I would buy anything from this guy in the mirror. I would do anything this guy told me to do, yes, including dropping to my knees and blowing him.
Power.
I could also quite happily shoot hi...m.
I sit at the breakfast table with Mom and Dad for the first time this summer. Dad and I are, obviously, on the same schedule now, but Mom is here for reasons known only to herself. She usually likes to ease slowly into the day, a brief kitchen cameo before taking coffee and laptop back to bed. But here she is, staring at me with a mix of puzzlement and sadness that is making me heartsick, for her.
Dad just looks up at me occasionally over his Journal and juice, keeping words to a minimum, for fear, I believe, of sideswiping whatever momentum I have for getting to that first day at the office.MoreLess
Power.
I could also quite happily shoot hi...m.
I sit at the breakfast table with Mom and Dad for the first time this summer. Dad and I are, obviously, on the same schedule now, but Mom is here for reasons known only to herself. She usually likes to ease slowly into the day, a brief kitchen cameo before taking coffee and laptop back to bed. But here she is, staring at me with a mix of puzzlement and sadness that is making me heartsick, for her.
Dad just looks up at me occasionally over his Journal and juice, keeping words to a minimum, for fear, I believe, of sideswiping whatever momentum I have for getting to that first day at the office.MoreLess
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