I can't say it like I write it...I can't write it like I think it...I can't think it like I feel it...and I don't feel a thing.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Facial Hair Ahead
This sign warns drivers of a speed bump ahead. But the kid pointed to it the other day and announced, "Mustache!" Why yes, of course, be on the lookout for triangles with mustaches.
He heard the words drag out. He felt them pull out of his mouth like freight cars, jangling, backing up on each other, grating to a halt, sliding, clinching back, jarring, and then suddenly stopping as roughly as they had begun. It was over. --Flannery O'Connor, "The Barber"
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