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COOKIE... SEEN PREPARED AND READY... DRESSED ACCORDING TO THE EXCESSIVE SPECIFICATIONS OUTLINED BY HER HALF-SISTER, NAUGHTY BETTY... BUT WITH COOKIE NOT KNOWING EXACTLY FOR WHAT...

THE PRESSURE OF UNCERTAINTY IN HER MIND BUILDING SOMEWHERE BEHIND HER PRETTY EYES... MAKING THEM AS CLOSE TO POPPING AS THE WET FRESH CORN IN HER HAND (ONCE HEATED)...

A BAT MITZVAH? - CONFIRMATION? - BIRTHDAY? - GARDEN PARTY? - DEBUTANTE BALL? - RIDE ON THE GREYHOUND? (BUS) - RECEPTION FOR THE HOLY MOTHER OF THE UNIVERSE? (KNOWN TO APPEAR AS A HOUSE FLY, RESTING ON HER UNRESOLVED FLIGHT FROM EGYPT).

SHE (COOKIE) WAS READY... ALL DRESSED UP WITH SOMEWHERE TO GO...

WAITING, NOT MOVING... MAINTAINING AN ARRANGEMENT OF THE METICULOUSLY ASSEMBLED ACCOUTREMENTS SO CAREFULLY, AND DELIBERATELY CHOSEN...

IT WAS ALL VERY COMPLEX... MYSTERIOUSLY DELIBERATE... VIABLE... PROMISING... IMPORTANT...

EVER BIT AS IMPORTANT AS, WELL? - AS THE BUMPER OF A 1940 FOUR-HOLE BUICK SEDAN...

(FOR BEGINNERS)