collective
sabbie
The
collective
Why
do
all
these
proclamations
come
so
bizarrely
out
of
the
blue
?
And
why
do
they
all
seem
aimed
straight
at
me
?
Like
today
.
She
leaned
over
to
me
and
whispered
"
You
are
the
envy
of
every
girl
in
town
."
i
started
in
surprise
.
"
Why
?"
i
asked
, genuinely
puzzled
.
She
lowered
her
voice
even
further
"
Because
you've
slept
with
him
."
This
time
i
stopped
in
surprise
"
But
he
has
slept
with
every
girl
in
town
."
i
said
.
"
There's
even
a
club
"
i
told
her
.
"
i've
got
a
membership
card
and
everything
.
We
get
together
once
a
month
and
bitch
,
we
even
show
each
other
our
scars
..."
And
then
i
trailed
off
,
as
the
look
in
her
eyes
told
me
what
it
was
she
truly
wanted
to
say
.
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...
thes
isn't
that
what
we
are
?
Here
I
mean
.
This
place
is
kind
of
like
a
little
collective
consciousness
.
if
only
it
was
as
easy
to
feel
the
real
one
as
it
is
this
.
081231
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from