Leave the knife in your pocket. It’s only a fist fight until you show the blade. I told this to the boys, my friends, outside of Center Ice. I was twelve, maybe thirteen. Everyone was carrying knives in those days. I probably won’t use it, the boys would say. And I would say, please. Please, don’t.
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2002—The Anna Nicole Show premieres. 7.6 million people watch. A record. Two million keep watching. Anna Nicole Smith is E!’s biggest hit.
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Shahrazad says, Life is good, which we say when we are trying to convince ourselves, and when we mean it. We are on our way to get flowers for Oliver, who is not feeling well, from Mother’s Wine and Groceries. Bouquets cluster in the middle of the store.
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At seventeen, there’s my dark hair. There’s the way it turns an iridescent red in the sun—and grows long long, a chestnut river waving tides down my back. To a certain eye, it’s exotic. To mine, it’s an Alfaro inheritance.
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