It takes chutzpah to be frank, but it grows in the midst of milling people.

But people are overly opinionated at the art exhibit opening:

~  I think she’s trying to be better than she really is.

and

~ He doesn’t have the support to do that.

and

~  Yes, that’s is true— you can get ahead of yourself.

and

~ Oh, no, no, no, they’ve been too slow, they’re not established,

            and will probably be lagging behind forever.

Escaping from a steaming room to stand by the Delaware river nearby, it comes to me again that life without friends is an icy stream