New skin ended up being spiders. My right arm is a constellation. My parents and I went to see Psycho in the theater. It was great to see, particularly that last shot. The place was doing a raffle beforehand and I won a book called “The Moment of Psycho: How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder.” When the guy was describing the book, I thought I want that book, and then I won it, so I think it’s a sign. That colon in the title makes me worry it is one of those repackaged grad thesis things wherein allusions are carefully described. Hope not.
I feel like I’m at a church lock-in. (Did you know that they sometimes lock the children in?) When I was young I was required to memorize all 107 elements of The Shorter Catechism. An older lady came over to the house every week and went over them with me. Here’s #87:
Q. What is repentance unto life?
A: Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavor after, new obedience.
- you’re welcome
Of course, it’s all gone now. I think there’s not enough memorization in education today. After I passed the confirmation test, the older lady gave me a porcelain figurine of an angel holding a flute.
I’ve played more Solitaire than is allowed by law and now I’m on the run. Keep a candle in the window for me.
