why not write

[applecave]

i think the imparting of life lessons is sort of humbug grandmother putting raisins in lemon cookies, and the thought that you're of an authority to impart them is... maybe a point of envy, maybe some straight nonsense. so never do these things unprovoked. but there you did not ask for it anyway.

you'll be less discriminating, guilty, and hollow as a cynic than a woman. in jest it is something i hide, in truth it really ought to be told.

i'm being melodramatic and sleepy-eyed. i'll get mine in the end. i'll get some rest in the meantime.