I used to think Liza Minelli was the world's greatest singer, and somehow I still ended up straight. We lived in San Francisco at the time.
I used to think you only had so many things you were allowed to say before you used your voice up, that was how I thought mute people ended up mute.
I used to think people died of old age because their varicose veins eventually got so severe they went to the outside of the body and they bled to death.
The restaurant I called "The Straw Hat" was actuallly "Picadillies" and the restaurant I called "The Red Baron" was actually "The 69th Flight Squadron". Again, we lived in San Francisco at the time.
I used to believe the USA was the entire world. My dad is at fault in this one, I asked him, and in an apparent fit of patriotic ferver (or he was pitching a drunk) he told me it was.
I used to think every president was a great American.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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