Nothing may be more selfish than remorse.
The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one--or both. Usually both.
My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt.
PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.
He was sick with lust and mesmerized with regret
Joys season'd high, and tasting strong of guilt.
Out, damned spot! Out, I say!
I don't have that kind of Southern experience, of the fire-and-brimstone preacher type of thing. Certainly not in my comedy. I come more from the guilt-ridden, neurotic type of [ - ] I have more in common with the Jewish brand of comedy.
