Chapter 4: Claire Dover: Envy

Photo by Vince Fleming

I envy those around me who seem so complete and at ease with themselves. Am I the only one who forces my eyes shut whenever I undress? The only one who spent all four years of PE changing in the bathroom no matter how long the line was?

I envy the couples in the hallways who can touch and be touched without shame. Who can love and be loved and know all is as it should be. Who feel like they have a place in the…