bonus anecdote #7 (double-length)- how that went

within 2 years wife-of-B went from participating
in class protest (16 eyes to central point,
finger-stuffed ears, whispers growing,
chanting haraam
against The Word)

to swinging to my pro-gay bias
break-time haranguing: admit gays exist
in every country - people youyouYOUyou know.


she rattled off coy terms,
translating terms, special friend, etc,
who we don't think of that way
married but man has a man he stays with,
women –

That palm over face gasp from Iranian lady
oh my god, Miriam!