Stranger

Welcome them from a distance.

I wanted one thing, a single untouchable thing, it wasn’t even gritty, I was bringing the grit, it wasn’t even broken, I would do the breaking, it wasn’t even complicated, I could complicate it. I thought I had something to teach, like most people who are about to learn a lesson.

Learning shouldn’t imply shame. Irrational desires aren’t inherently doome…