From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   Do you think this is lame?  When I wrote it, I thought   
   it was a good lost cat flyer, but now, when I read it, it   
   seems lame.   
   The POV character's wife, as I mentioned above, was a   
   lesbian and left him for her Asian manicurist as a matter   
   of backstory.   
      
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         This one had a picture of a black cat on it.  It   
   confused me at first, because it began with "My name is   
   John.  I am an alcoholic," but as I read on, it most   
   definitely pled for a lost cat.  "I think I must have found   
   her on the way home from a bar, because I named her Black   
   Haus.  I've tried to call her Abby, but she only comes when   
   I say 'Haus'."  John gave a startling amount of contact   
   information, which included his full name and even a   
   business address at his job.  "Please," it said, "I go to   
   the meetings, but they're not enough.  I can't be alone."   
         I had to mull over this flyer for a while, but, in the   
   end, it wasn't difficult to understand.  It's hard to live   
   when there's no one to notice you exist.  Marriage had   
   taught me that much.  The print was black & white, but John   
   said that Haus' eyes were yellow in the text.  All of the   
   flyers left me sad, but this one made me feel weak and   
   impotent.  There was little to be done but whisper, "Hello,   
   John."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)