What I cut out of "The Circle Game" became two other stories:"Secrets" and "Rite of Passage". I'm currently revisiting "Secrets" and revising
the over-the-top thouhts. Perfection, goading and taunting, laughs smile1 derisively.

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"Simplify. Simplify."
Henry David Thoreau

"To see what is in front of one's nose is a constant struggle."
George Orwell