The Hopeful

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YOU aren’t the first, but could be the last; I can only hope. My first was older and a man. He said it was all in my head, when he was the one always suggesting fantastical things. But now one year older, I’m the one starting over, and though I’d like to think his words drove me wrong, it was all my doing. Which is more than I can say of coming here. My mother signed the dotted line because they don’t need my consent. But, Doctor, my signature will matter in three weeks. You’ve read my file. Doyle comma Alivopro: an abbreviated Alis volat propiis in honor of my father’s alma mater. Alis volat propiis: in Latin, she flies with her own wings. Alis volat propiis: what a judge said of Oregon when still independent of Britain and the United States. No, Alivopro Doyle did not consent to be treated.

Can you pronounce that for me again? the doctor asks.

Ah as in apple. Leave, as in of absence. O like owe. Pro like the prefix before life.

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