The children I grew up with were not
always kind, especially when their attention fell on short chubby kids like me
who talked too much. Making matters worse, I had a peculiarity that prompted
additional ridicule, a birthmark on my upper lip. When I was a kid, one of the
popular Smith twins across the street commented that my birthmark reminded her
of the one on Marilyn Monroe’s cheek. Her comment was overheard and before long
everyone was calling me Marilyn, even my
best friend Ricky Delgado.
Did Ricky live to tell the tale?
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