She Figured If You Weren't

I Know You Think That When You're 35, 45, 55, You'll Be Different. But I'm Going To Let You In On A Bit Of A Secret. You're Going To Look Different, And Your Life Is Going To Be Different, But In Your Head You'll Always Be That 16-year-old Girl.

Ella's Supersonic Voice Followed Her All The Way To Bleecker Street And Then Dissolved Amid The Noisy Profusion Of Shops, Cafes, And Restaurants And The Crush Of People That Made The West Village Of Manhattan Unique In The World. In A Single Block You Could Buy Fertility Statues From Tanzania, Rare Amazonian Orchids, A Pawned Brass Tuba, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Or The Best, Most Expensive Cup Of Coffee You Ever Tasted. It Was The Doughnuts, Incidentally, That Attracted Gaia.

Love Was More Than Blind. It Was Deaf And Dumb, Too. It Was Catatonic. It Was Vegetative.

When I First Heard The Word Existential, I Didn't Know What It Meant. But Then I Found Out That No One Knows What It Means, So Now I Use It All The Time.

It's So Trendy, Almost Bleeding To Death. All The Cool Girls Are Doing It.