 disabled account 2007-03-12 . chapter 1Hmm. You have piqued my curiosity - not the least because I so profoundly identify with the narrator who is going to kill the little girl/self. I like the nuance at the beginning about the little girl being so unrecognizable that the narrator envisions her as her little sister- it brought a little pang of familiarity and regret to my chest. Like the narrator, I have too often - though unintentionally - distanced and objectified myself from the little girl I used to be that fades, naturally, with the incapacity of memory. So congratulations. Though having some slightly awkward stylistic phrasing or stale ideas (such as the ruthlessly outmoded sentence concerning the "soft summer afternoon, while lying in a bed of wildflowers, and watching the butterflies skim across your nose"), You have succeeded in touching my heart - reflecting my own melancholy back at me - in this lovely little gem. Adieu, Kat |