As If At The Age Of Eighteen

Fine...a Word That You Said When Someone Asked How You Were But Didn't Really Care To Know The Truth.

Oh Darling, Don't Be Bitter. It's The First Instinct Of The Weak.

It Was Always Late At Night, When Everything And Everyone Else Was Quiet, That Those Voices Would Rise Like Ghosts, Soft And Haunting, Filling Your Mind Until Sleep Finally Came.

So Finally, I Decided That The Best Response — The Safest — Was None At All.

So I Learned Another System: When In Doubt, Keep It Out – Out Of Earshot, Out Of The House – Even If This Meant, Really, Just Keeping It In.