Joan Bauer

There they were, the movers and shakers of Benjamin Franklin Hight – the sports stars, the cheerleaders, the good, the great, the gorgeous – bent over their pizzas.Trish sensed my angst and said, “My mother says girls like Lisa Shooty get the ultimate curse known to man.””What’s that?””Too much too soon.”I looked at poor, cursed Lisa who had been sprayed with sex appeal at birth. She had gleaming teeth and long, raven-black curls. She threw back her head and laughed with diamond-studded joy.”When do you think the curse takes effect?” I asked.”Not in our lifetime,” Trish answered.


There they were, the movers and shakers of Benjamin Franklin Hight – the sports stars, the cheerleaders, the good, the great, the gorgeous – bent over their pizzas.Trish sensed my angst and said, “My mother says girls like Lisa Shooty get the ultimate curse known to man.””What’s that?””Too much too soon.”I looked at poor, cursed Lisa who had been sprayed with sex appeal at birth. She had gleaming teeth and long, raven-black curls. She threw back her head and laughed with diamond-studded joy.”When do you think the curse takes effect?” I asked.”Not in our lifetime,” Trish answered.

– Joan Bauer –

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