optics

In her late seventies my mother was a cashier at the beauty salon. She was counting the money very very slow and again and counting again.  I did not understand and was quite annoyed by how slow she was.  Now I understand.

Cussing

 The usual American cuss is too simple or elementary to be satisfying." F... you" was probably used by horseman rushing West. No time to stop. Words said fast while moving. It works well for car drivers. A finger and two words...

Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by

Where I am coming from the cuss is a poem. People driving ox carts have time..to indicate the type of sexual act, the person subjected, part of the body, number of times. day of the week...It allows to be a personalized cuss...The pleasure given by the invention is therapeutic.

The Happy Prince

 My father used to read me the story by Oscar Wilde. I was five or six. The prince gives away everything to make other people happy.  Even his eyes. His statue is taken down by the city's administration. did my father identified himself with the prince? Was he trying to educate me. He did. I always felt like a prince.

...never happy