Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.

Everything was good. But it was awful, too.

Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on.

Usually we walk around constantly believing ourselves. "I'm okay" we say. "I'm alright". But sometimes the truth arrives on you and you can't get it off. That's when you realize that sometimes it isn't even an answer--it's a question. Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced.

The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the highest. One such word shaker was a small, skinny girl. She was renowned as the best word shaker of her region because she knew how powerless a person could be WITHOUT words.

There were stars. They burned my eyes.

I'd been in love with her for years. I never left this suburban town. I didn't go to university. I went to Audrey.