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As I do when EVERY Puccini opera ends, I am crying inconsolably! I thought only Trump could put me into this frame of mind.

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Christina, Wipe away those tears! Madame Butterfly's fall was broken when she fell on a family of rats, which was gorging itself on food scraps from the city's new composting program. Butterfly sustained only minor injuries to the self-esteem organs and, after a protein-rich infusion of Chunky Monkey, decided she WILL self-publish, goddamnit. She will now alert what is left of the media.

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Oh phew, the rest of your saga came through. Self publish? Have been that route and it was a marketing piece, with which I had NO financial expectations. But the publisher offered some remarkable ways to market the book…at a hefty price. No thanks!

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“Decided she” what? Do I have to wait for the next chapter? Or Act 3?

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Hysterical. The fall of civilization is driving you to great heights.

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When Little Piggies Fly, I am still waiting . . . this was a heartfelt one, Joyce . . .

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Jumping out the window to one’s death can increase the odds that your book will be published. But it isn’t recommended.

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Even Rizzoli?

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Madame Butterfly dreams big.

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Are you on something, darling? But this was a nice bit: "Cio Cio San’s best friend, HERB SAN, enters. His face is green, for he is jaded."

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Just high on life, Margo. And Travatore, last night at the Met, may have ben an influence.

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I envy you being high on anything. I am still working my way out of the Trump depression.

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You hit all the conventional highlights of 98% of opera today. And I thought fleetingly that you might be one of US.

You'll never publish that novel, Joyce, NEVER!

And yes, that was the curse.

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Therry, I'm afraid I don't understand.

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It didn't used to be this way.

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Perhaps you can rewrite your novel as a puppet show. They have become very trendy. Then someone can turn it into a graphic novel, that way someone in Hollywood (age 23, just up from whatever counts as the mailroom now -- systems administration?) will read it and it can become a Netflix movie. Yes?

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