I'm Studying You

A dedication...

For the weird looking lady w/ the asymmetrical cheek/chin collaboration...

...tell me why this library, one of the bigger ones in the county, has no books by Dylan Thomas or Charles Bukowski, yet has like 3 different versions of the same T.S. Eliot book?

...why is Raoul Vanegeim's The Revolution of Everyday Life out of print, and why does this book not even exist in the Buffalo/Erie County Public Library database?

...be proud of me that for the first time in years I ordered something other than a salami sangwich from The Deli (with a glowing recommendation of their Philly Cheesesteak on Toasted Parmesan Bistro Loaf).

...why does the front pocket of my backpack smell like a clean bathroom? (which can only lead me to ask...)

...how did a bar of hotel soap end up in the front pocket of my backpack?

...why was I more organized when I was drinking heavily?

Dear lady, thanks for smiling at me with your non-birth-defect-having-yet-oddly-crooked face. Smiles from strangers who only smile and don't attempt to engage me in conversation tend to comfort me, even when I don't need it.