I once told my mother and sister in our living room

that my home room teacher in sixth grade

had cussed a us. After a little prying they got me to say it.

She had called us asinine. And yet I was a lying SOB my whole

life was a lie. I knew how to stay in character.

– I could work with all the individuals who shared the level of IQ that I had –

And I…. something. But I was a lying SOB in everything.