I can't remember how to write a capital Z in cursive. The rest of my letters are shaky and stiff, my words slanted in all directions. It's not for lack of trying. In grade school I was one of those insufferable girls who used pink pencils and dotted their i 's with little circles. I experimented with different scripts, and for a brief period I even took the time to make two-story a 's, with the fa
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