Revenge: it's a dream of flames fueled by scorched remains that are lit to a torch and brought back upon the one who burned you.
Why shouldn__ I? I demand silently. Why shouldn__ I become a famous writer? Like Norman Mailer. Or Philip Roth. And F. Scott Fitzgerald and Hemmingway and all those other men. Why can__ I be like them? I mean, what is the point of becoming a writer if no one reads what you__e written?Damn Viktor Greene and The New School. Why do I have to keep proving myself all of the time? Why can__ I be like L__l, with everyone praising and encouraging me? Or Rainbow, with her sense of entitlement. I bet Viktor Greene never asked Rainbow why she wanted to be a writer.Or what if-I wince-Viktor Greene is right? I__ not a writer after all.
Summer and the City
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Why shouldn__ I? I demand silently. Why shouldn__ I become a famous writer? Like Norman Mailer. Or Philip Roth. And F. Scott Fitzgerald and Hemmingway and all those other men. Why can__ I be like them? I mean, what is the point of becoming a writer if no one reads what you__e written?Damn Viktor Greene and The New School. Why do I have to keep proving myself all of the time? Why can__ I be like L__l, with everyone praising and encouraging me? Or Rainbow, with her sense of entitlement. I bet Viktor Greene never asked Rainbow why she wanted to be a writer.Or what if-I wince-Viktor Greene is right? I__ not a writer after all.
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