first was her father , when she was only twenty-one and in her first year of college . then you can do it alone . you know im standing right here . once you told me that i like power , the scientist said . he pulled a knife out of his boot . i make my way to the living room and turn on the television . and i dont want to hear anything else about it . our villages are graveyards , we worship there and we pluck our stories from the cold , dead earth . '' 