`` you want to scare me into buying new earrings too ? finishing my coffee , i rinsed out my mug , then grabbed my purse and bag on the way out . i turn out the lights , light candles and make them put on blindfolds and i recite it to them , shutting out everything and making them hear the words of a man broken when he lost his bride . '' youd have all kinds of questions screwing with your head . he was breathing in and out like a steam piston . 