I share my roomette with a torturer.
He or she calls me "Mommy," as in
Mommy, will you help me write an exculpatory memo?
I was born in a morgue!
I probably got hit by a meteor!
I hate the taste of blood!
I hate the taste of blood!
Mommy!
If we only had a boat, or a sofa-bed!
We could watch TV on our sofa-bed, or sail
far far away.