Scared and mortified, I listen, listen as I prattle on about the flotsam and jetsam of the day; listen as I confess my love for the president, and, of course, my heartbreak; listen to my sometimes catty, sometimes churlish, sometimes silly self being cruel, unforgiving, uncouth; listen, deeply, deeply ashamed, to the worst version of myself, a self I don't even recognize.
Uplašena i ponižena, slušam slušam kako naklapam o nebitnim stvarima; slušam kako priznajem  da volim predsjednika, i naravno, kako mi se slama srce; slušam kako sam katkad zlobna,  katkad neotesana, katkad budalasta, okrutna, nepopustljiva, surova; slušam, duboko duboko posramljena, najgoru verziju sebe, koju uopće ne prepoznajem.