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Added August 14, 2014
You’ve sworn never to write a piece in Second Person. You ask yourself why.
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Second Person
Ehud Havazelet
Published
2014
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Mum says, "Don't come creeping into our room at night." They sleep with loaded guns beside them on the bedside rugs. She says, "Don't startle us when we're sleeping."
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I write this with a baseball bat by the bed. A weapon that will do more damage than you can bring yourself to inflict is useless; last time I made the wrong choice.