
The Twelve Tribes of Israel (The End Credits)
Asher: Unproblematic king.
Asher: Unproblematic king.
I’m not an uptight Dutch penny pincher who believes that “fun” isn’t a line item on a budget.
The feeling of being free is one I now know to be fleeting, its sheen never brighter than the sharpness of the world that cuts back.
My story has had one thousand happy endings.
Given the pale faces and dropped jaws that people exhibited in response to my description of the surgery plan, perhaps I should’ve had slightly more sober expectations…
I realized I could sing along to a song or two from most of the regulars, and I’d started making friends.
I felt the performance begin—that stool was a stage and I was an actor.
It feels a little bit like entrapment when we’re told to commit ourselves to an entire community without thoroughly vetting everyone.
You can’t know what you would have done under the strain of such overwhelming psychological forces. And I can’t know what I would have done.
This is a self given permission to play, to enjoy things without expectation, and to be comfortable in his creative and physical skin.