Does it count as vanity if I want to look good, not beautiful?
Yeah, I worried that was right.
When I looked in the mirror this morning... I don't even know.
Mama said I'm shallow, that pretty doesn't get you anything but heartache. The last time she touched up her makeup, fixed an outfit, or left the house, our priest was still alive.
I think a lot of people blame her for what happened, blamed her for saying no after saying yes for as long as she did. Blamed her vanity.
She blames God, says she hears Him in the lake. I listen, but I don't hear anything. I'm worried she's gonna go looking for the man underneath the water telling her to jump in. I'm worried he's gonna coax her into staying down there.
The sink was full of water. This morning, I mean.
I liked my face better in the water when it rippled. Like I was fit for service.
Maybe I'd be pretty drowning.