she loves the sound of rain she sleeps until noon she kisses with her eyes open she sits in the corner she does not drink she wades into the river she does not eat she is addicted to sadness shehidesincrowds she is one of seven children she loves tequila she gathers ghosts she is her own worst enemy she cannot have children she applies her make up on the subway she attends sunday mass she is terrified of hospitals she has never seen a dead body she sings in the shower she lights candles she does not know how to swim she is angry with god she never has money she trusts no one she places flowers in the vase she makes excuses she collects lladro she died in her sleep she speaks three languages she has a laugh like sunshine she loves children she was ***** she studied chemical engineering she wants to be a dolphin she staggers with the weight of loneliness she reads shakespeare she smokes when she is drunk she cries in the dark she has a small tattoo of a seahorse on her shoulder