Anna

(Pg. 105 of That’s Outrageous)

And I can’t be sure exactly,
but I swear I saw her say my name.

from the song “Stitched Up” by John Mayer and Herbie Hancock

My new friend, let's call her Anna, lives and breathes by the spoken word. A natural beauty, now flirting with middle age, Anna’s been practicing the art of reading lips since she lost all but a smidgen of her hearing when she was in high school.

If you’re at a party and Anna sees you say her name, she’ll come over and engage you in a delightful conversation. So delightful, you would never know she is reading your lips.