bon anniversaire
the image doth arrive none too late and out come the editorial scissors to cut and paste into narratorial order these snapshots of a life lived, the highlights, the best bits, for your consumption, so you don't have to think too hard about it and get entirely into the shoes of another. it's a gift wrapped and packed for the great revealing at the predestined hour on the sacred day. let not the imagination be too vivid lest the reality be a disappointment.