For sure, in a present existence that seems to me as diminutive as prehistory, I too thought I would get married. I speak of my seventh, my twelve years of age. However, it is strange: the more I organize and search through my memory of that person I was, the less I find the word "marriage." As an only child, I found myself observing wives, husbands, fiancées, the betrothed. That even then gave me …showed first 75 words of 1156 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1156 total…exquisite, irresistible, and triumphal relief. How can these feelings exist? I suppose I am only human, and I go wagging my tail, as happy and as free as a dog without a master. Works Cited Owen, James L., Seibert, David R., Zimmerman, Gordon L. Speech Communication. New York: West Publishing Co., 1977. Works Consulted Otterbein, Keith F. Comparative Cultural Analysis. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winsten, Inc., 1972. HTTP://WWW.AMA-ASSN.ORG/SCI-PUBS/MSJAMA/POETRY/MARRIAGE.HTM