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I'd learned quite a lot,
over the years,
by avoiding
what I was
supposed to be
learning
MARGARET ATWOOD
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The word
meticulously
was a chilling touch:
meticulous
—we knew—
was
just one step
from
full-blown
lunacy
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It behooves Oliverio to note that this
ReplyDeletesecond read of MORAL DISORDER
is proceeding at a snail's pace:
It has taken a week to complete only three short stories.
Stuff likes this happens when you become
a Parking Lot Ambassador
The absolute highlight of this Yakety-Yaking
involved reading the ending aloud
of the second story to Mrs. CarPeo
on our blessed patio
Both quotes are from The Last Duchess,
ReplyDeletea "coming of age" story based on events
that occurred four hundred years ago.
A woman was presumably murdered
because she smiled too much
-Oliverio