Re: In-Person: Janus/Atticus
Don't dislike her or him because of gender. Not into the work. Flannery O'Connor, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Zora Neale Hurston." Grinned. Leaned back, front legs off the floor. Recited, as if he was in a classroom, unfamiliar inflection, dramatic, even:
"In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad To suit his theories.
But now I know the things I know And do the things I do, And if you do not like me so, To hell, my love, with you."
"Dorothy Parker." Chair legs back down. "If he does." Billy, no true segue from recitation to the short sentence. Elbows on the table now and direct attention fixed on Janus.