Fatal abstraction (4/9/95)
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Nineteenyearolds are the babysitters who change your diapers. They giggle at your infant boners. This is embarrassing.
Nineteenyearolds are older women who ignore you. They giggle at the sophisticated conversation of older guys while you attempt vainly to obtain their attention. This is embarrassing
Nineteenyearolds are your coevals and do not ignore you. They giggle at your maladroit attempts to hit on them. This is embarrassing.
Nineteenyearolds are younger women who hit on you. They giggle at your lamest jokes. This is embarrassing.
Nineteenyearolds have begun to remind you of your friend’s daughters; if not indeed your own. Nonetheless you find you can’t stop hitting on them. They giggle at your discomfiture. This is embarrassing.
Nineteenyearolds are little girls at whom you leer toothlessly as you hobble through the park. They giggle at the bubbles of drool that form at the corners of your mouth. This is embarrassing.
Nineteenyearolds are the nurses’ aides who change your diapers. They giggle at your ancient boners. This is embarrassing.
____________Angela (3/25/95)
