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Comment inspired from kzealy

I think the 'dumb' attribute is appropriate in the sense that she is not 'speaking' (her name -- in the present). The problem is that 'young' obviously relates to  the time captured in the photograph, although that is presumably how she's remembered.

"...she was not well endowed...": was that distracting? Or was there another diverting characteristic -- false teeth? Baritone voice? Ok -- it's the angelic, momentous face of opportunity. Jen's boobs were obviously underrated. Did I get that right?

Like Jen, I'm wondering why the event was 'stale'; it doesn't sound unmemorable ("first sensual closeness", "exciting beginning", "feelings decimated"), and the final stanza suggests that the memories are stalking the writer rather than having been consigned to "a ragtag scrap book".

Anyway, good luck with the exorcism kz; not sure why it's so important, but there are obviously unresolved issues hanging in that picture

by Laura doom on Mar. 24 2009