It’s devolved into dropping your gaze and only half meaning what you say, it’s devolved into not making the effort, into being afraid of people and the ways in which they’ll break you.
You’ll still want to bubble forth, at first, with the same effervescence that you used to have, when your name wasn’t crumpled up under the twisting tongues of their gaping mouths, but you must limit yourself.
You’ll still want to bubble forth, at first, with the same effervescence that you used to have, when your name wasn’t crumpled up under the twisting tongues of their gaping mouths, but you must limit yourself.