Uh...Ghosts (For lack of a better title at present)

Part 1: Shanghai “From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were; I have not seen As others saw; I could not bring My passions from a common spring” --Edgar Allen Poe

I remember Tommy. I remember him very well. Tommy was my first friend and perhaps he was the best friend I ever had. Tommy died before I was born.

Well, as usual, before my trip to China, I had to see Violet. I don’t really go anywhere of my own volition and I just let Violet tell me what to do. It’s easier that way.

Before I left for China, I had to see Merlyn. We were once great friends, but I am me and our warm relationship had cooled over the last several years.

“So, you hired a prostitute last night?” Vera’s sudden intrusion into my sleep, with an iciness that was not common on her tongue, cut me like a blade.

Sometimes one can have so much sex that it becomes meaningless and boring...they are only remnants as most ghosts initially appear to be of the physical world.

Some animals eat their young. I imagine that no thought goes into devouring one’s offspring when one is a mere animal, incapable of any sort of emotion. However, it is not human to fuck children.