Maybe my family is lucky. Nothing too bad has happened to us, despite odds. This is the bubble that i depend on when, full of fear of cities and such, i walk through Brooklyn by myself after midnight. This bubble is what i cite comically when i tell my parents not to worry about me, when i would rather say, i can take care of myself.

A soap bubble, when exposed to air, thins and finally breaks. This is transience. This is learning to live.