My Body? by, Shelley Jackson
When you aren't the best, you must become the most resourceful.
When I was nine I read that hobbits had hairy feet and went around barefoot, and that was enough to persuade me that hairy feet were good. Much later a girlfriend firmly opposed to almost all kinds of body hair persuaded me to try shaving my feet, but stubble on my toes seemed so ludicrous that I gave it up forthwith. Besides, I still felt that my hairy toes were cute.
I have a black ampersand -- & -- about one and a half inches high.