Chapter 22
When the senses contact sense objects,
A person experiences cold or heat,
Pleasure or pain.
These experiences are fleeting
They come and go. Bear them patiently.
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Bhagavad Gita
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Earth - AD December, 1999
Chicago, Illinois
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The tenor section was usually sparse because only dweebs ever signed up for dorky chorus, but then the choral director had paired her with Tommy Rodriguez, the cutest guy in school. A natural tenor, his stint in the high school chorus was penance for graffiti the music teacher had bagged him spray painting on the side of the building. Tommy liked to sing, but his usual venue was a street corner rapping with his friends and dancing fancy hip-hop for change in a bucket.
Elisabeth glanced at him through veiled lashes, her ear tuned for the slighte
