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Because - I wouldn't say this to very many people
- they remind me of the way life was inside my
head when I wasn't taking my pills
"They're just make-believe," I said
"I know about shadows," he said"You just want to
be careful they don't grow teeth
Then, sometimes when you reach for the lightswitch
to make them go away, you discover the
power's out
"But you're better now
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"Yes," he said"Pam had a lot to do with that
Can I tell you something about her you might
already know?"
"Sure," I said, only hoping he wasn't going to
share the fact that she sometimes laughed way down
in her throat when she came
"She has great insight but little kindness," Tom
said"It's a weirdly cruel mixbut not necessarily because I
thought he was wrong
"She gave me a brisk talking-to about taking care
of myself not so long ago, and it hit homeAnd from the look of her, you might be in
for a talking-to yourself, EdgarI think I might
find your friend Kamen and engage him in a bit of
a discourse
The girls and Ric were staring up at Wireman Looks
West and chattering animatedlyPam, however, was
positioned about halfway down the line of Girl and
Ship paintings, which hung like movie posters, and
she looked disturbedNot angry, exactly, just
disturbedShe beckoned me over, and
once I was there, she didn't waste time
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"Is the little girl in these pictures Ilse?" She
pointed up at No"I thought at first this one
with the red hair was supposed to be the doll Dr
Kamen gave you after your accident, but Ilse had a
tic-tac-toe dress like that when she was littleI
bought it at RompersAnd this one-" Now she
pointed at No"I swear this is the dress she
just had to have to start first grade in - the one
she was wearing when she broke her damn arm that
night after the stock car races!"
Well, there you were