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Tinda Lace - An Apt Pseudonym

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Ever feel like there are some things you would like to get off of your chest, heavy anvil type things, that weigh you down, to the point of feeling slightly out of breath, and on the brink of eventual suffocation, if the weight remains in place?  Tinda Lace feels this way, and when she describes to me what is going on, I watch and listen and wait. Tinda has some insights that come out in a rush of emotion; the words are like lava, burning her throat and tongue as they pour forth. Volcanic activity inside lends to the erupting ... where is the burning to go, if not up and out?  Tinda has seen some things that she is repulsed by. Indignation is one of her cloaks, thrown on abruptly when husbands suffer slutty wives that hide their infidelity, as though no one will ever know; when fathers leave their children to go and do what perverts are prone to; when perfectly healthy babies are injected with strange things that turn their insides out; when people profess faith and act like f...
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The Calm of Knowing

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I caught up with Tinda on a pathway that winds through a forest. She was just about to climb a steep hill, when I called out to her, Hey Tinda! Tinda slowly turned, looked me in the eye for a brief and bristly moment, nodded, and then returned her gaze in the hills direction while simultaneously lifting her right foot, in preparation for the climb.  With trepidation, I mustered enough courage to follow Tinda up that hill. I could have gone by another path, making my life easier; interactions with Tinda felt like sand paper rubbing against my soul, and I had to ask myself, Are you interested in feeling a little raw and vulnerable today? 'cuz that's how it's going to be after talking to Tinda. In my brief moment of decision making, Tinda was already cresting that hill, and I had to scramble to catch-up with her again.  Slightly out of breath, and a few short steps behind her, I tentatively spoke her name, Tinda? Without slowing or giving me any indication that my presence m...
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The Ultimate Revenge - No Revenge At All

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The ultimate revenge, speaks Tinda Lace, Is no revenge at all.  I consider this idea of ultimate revenge, which sounds violent and intensely frightening, juxtaposed with the milky white weakness, of no revenge at all. Is this mental gymnastics, an oxymoron, a thought puzzle of sorts?  I ask Tinda to explain, and in what I am learning is customary fashion for her, she gives me a short, and almost curt, answer, The ultimate revenge, is not caring.  This response leaves me wanting more; it is a lot like the proverbial pulling of teeth, to get Tinda to convey meaning, to explain further, so I can secure some fill-in-the-blank answers, to my burning questions. I go in once more to what feels like electrically charged terrain, to ask for clarification.  Tinda, if the ultimate revenge is no revenge, and not caring is how one might go about seeking revenge, how can it be called, revenge? Isn't revenge recompense, a repaying of harm done?  With signs of irritation o...
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