"The metaphysical topic struck a chord and he found himself starting at the Precambrian era and sifting through four and a half billion years worth of being, contemplating cranial capacity, pondering the earlobe, tracing back his belly button, double checking his thumbs and toes. Henry was always cloudy about matters of the self. He didn't trust mirrors. On registration forms, under ethnic background, he'd always check "Other." At night he'd lie awake and ask Hello? He'd always felt faulty, incomplete - as if his insides didn't match his outsides."
-The Every Boy
Dana Adam Shapiro
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