Good Morning, Starshine

Avvvvvast, me hearties!

All this t-time, been playing p-pirates! P-P-Pirates with...with Mmmmmitch, Moraaana, Frank, Heeeenry, L, and, ha, B-Blythe, too. Mmmostly heroes, some wrong men. We found the t-treasure chest! Nnnnow we spend it on grog. I like grog.

T-Today ammmm tired, though. Today am taking nap. You can b-borrow my hat if you wwwwant, but cannot....keep it. Keh. Not forever, okay?

I am in my marble form. Because I wrote a poem for Frank. It is best with an okay jaw, yes? So I will share it.

Judith

The simple truth is in you
The very life you owned
Away, but not!
Gone, but never!
In living, you are eternal
In loving, you are immortal
One long, wooden jar!
But you are there
Outside the jar.
Outside the jar
You are everywhere.

I fought Mitch. We kicked butt!

I feel confident. Walks are essential. The woods don't scare me. Most of the birds are nice. Not all of them. Not...some. But some are. Some, ah, yes....some are. Very much nice.

Mitch, can we fight again? Or Kain, you too?

L? Brother? Will you fight me? I won't cry. I promise!

Sooooo m-much chaos....



Innn every light, a ssspark of darkness. Innn every sky....a ssun-bathed rain cloud...



B-By every winnndow, a silhouette hmmmwaiting to b-be filled...





~*~*~

K-Kain trained me! There wassss much c-crying. Before and afffter. B-But I learned. I wassssscared. Nnnnow I am weak in mind, nnnot...b-body. Fears to conquer. Shadowssss that reap...the d-day. Koh. Thank you, K-Kain.

Frank - my ffffriend! Reads to mmme. B-Books. Sssstories. I g-gain wisdom. Thoughts. Conceptssss. ...He b-believes in me. He is a g-grandest star!

My other ffffriend! L! Misssjudged. ...Now I know, he isss my friend. Has ssseen all of us, yes. And we all like him....very m-much. Especially P-Poppy, who ssstill wishes to play....dolls with him. We all like him. We share sssecrets. Secrets of passst, not of fiction.

~*~*~

PUNCH! VANILLLLA P-PUDDING!

I make b-both. All the time, and the...pudding isss to be shared. For everyone! Even...hmm....even Lina - I g-grow to like good, I grow to like heeer.

The punch issss mine. Vodka! Swell fuit! Nnnever had this fruit before... my punch. My punch! Onnnnly if you ask.

I wwwent to the...hmmm...the p-potty seat fffor the first time...in seventeen years! I was there ffor twenty-three mmminutes! I....counted. Hyuck. Mannny flushes. Pee-pee! Punch pee-pee.

They ssssay....stay inside. They ssssssay...we m-must move in g-g-groups...

But I am...I am t-tired of...hnnng...of hiding. Crying. I hhhave done so little. Very little. Have b-b-been a blot in the sssssunlight of...of our p-people.

Shame.

SSSuch shame.

I wish...to...to mmmake a change. In myssself. For the b-betterment of usss all. The hurts of Will, of M-Mitch, of L, of them all... I am in inner p-peril.

( Private: Mama )