So close, I thought. A shorter fence, a fatter dog, and everything would be different.

“Because now, I didn't care what they thought. It wasn't new, this realization t…”

“But it's strange, when you've always been told something is true, like the moon…”

“When you've never gotten love from someone, you dob't know what it might look l…”

“It passed, though. That was the bad thing. It always passed.”