Self-flagellation

You know,

it's not that bad so far,

but I think 

I got in on the ground

floor,

and that is usually the

best way

to enter a building, yes?

I do have to be aware

of the very

real possibility that I

could slip a

little too far into the

world of the 

alcoholic foreigner in

a place where

it is possible to become

something else,

something better, some

thing more, and

sometimes the sound of

my own voice

grates on my delicate 

ears.