From a young age, we were taught never to utter the words. Never to write or even think the words. Being young, we’d asked our parents and teachers why, but there were never satisfactory answers. This was the way of adults then. It was taken for granted that we all knew the words, and of course each of us did. But how had we learned them if they were forbidden from being expressed? Were they there inside us from the beginning? We were curious, though, and understandably so. We were kids learning about the world, both repelled by and attracted … Continue reading Title Withheld