Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black: Collected Stories

by Cookie Mueller

Why does everybody think I'm so wild? I'm not wild. I happen to stumble onto wildness. It gets in my path.

Yeah, life is tough in the real world. Actors wait on tables, ballet dancers work as topless go-go girls, artists wash dishes, and that's not even the worst part. Someday you might bring your garbage on the subway, someday you might even shit in your own bank.