”“With the drop in real estate values, you’d think that we could get the property taxes lowered,” Jack said. Of course, the city was still spe...nding the same amount of money and it couldn’t lower the taxes without making additional service cuts.“My house is still worth more than what the property is assessed. I’d probably end up having to pay more in taxes if I contested it,” Bev said.Claire said, “Same here. I’ve been living in that house for fifty years. They’ve got it assessed at the market. Her smile turned into a grin. They were both in their bedroom, naked, sitting cross-legged on Kim's bed and talking about school. Both Kim and Blake, JJ's daughters were aware of JJ checking on them. JJ felt the surge of love and trust returned from her daughters but other than that they ignored her presence like any other teenagers the world over.JJ's grin stayed on her face as she threw some tea bags into a pot of cold water to start some fresh tea for supper. She was grinning at her last. “I’m not sure how I can exhaust an intangible, citizen, an abstraction such as a name,” the confused nurse remarked.“Oh, that was a joke, Nurse,” I chuckled a bit.“Well, I’m glad that you retain a sense of humor, or rather regained it so soon after you became conscious again. My name is Lorraine Schmidt, and I’m originally from Berlin, in fact,” the nurse explained, her skin tone a bit paler than April’s.“Nice to meet you, Lorraine. I would ask if you were dating someone or married to anyone,. With neither vagina nor wombTo conceive and bring forth new life,The male rectum became a tombWhen the husband became a wife.The woman became dominant,Using her loveliness, her sex,And her skilled tongue to sass and rant,Unmanning him as with a hex.Unequipped with either penisOr testes, her abilityTo reproduce gave way to bliss,Careless, now, of sterility.Although they had not been equippedWith full, high, round, soft breasts, the menHeedless of their slight, narrow hips,Took the role God meant.