Ash Wednesday?
Feb. 9th, 2005 09:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I think it is, anyway. I've never been sure, and never thought about it before I moved to New York.
The first time I saw a guy with a big black blotch of his forehead I thought, "Poor guy. He has one hell of an ugly birthmark."
The second time it was a group of young women, brunnettes with tawny skin. "Gee, there are an lot of Hindus on the streets today," I mused to myself.
It was years before I figured something was wrong, and someone -- I think it was
bugsybanana -- told me the truth.
The first time I saw a guy with a big black blotch of his forehead I thought, "Poor guy. He has one hell of an ugly birthmark."
The second time it was a group of young women, brunnettes with tawny skin. "Gee, there are an lot of Hindus on the streets today," I mused to myself.
It was years before I figured something was wrong, and someone -- I think it was
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