Jan 20, 2009, 01:01 AM
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When I was fifteen, my brother pissed me off so I took after him on foot, chasing him through the entire house. He sought refuge in my mother's bedroom, between her bed and the far wall.
Thinking myself a daredevil whose rage would be a sure catalyst for grace, I leapt over a couple laundry baskets so that I wouldn't have to slow down and alter my course. Naturally, one of feet didn't clear the basket and became hooked in the plastic mesh. Down I tumbled, head first, until my face landed on the exposed surface of my mother's bowling ball. I felt a sharp pain and as I lifted myself from the wreckage, I sensed a warm drip running down my neck. I'd bitten clean through my lower lip and would require several stitches.
On top of it all, I was grounded for several days for terrorizing my brother, even though he was the one who kicked me first and set off the whole footrace. As if a perforated lip wasn't punishment in itself.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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