Shakespeare famously noted that all the worlds a stage and we are merely players....
The recurring players in this narration :-
Kay - your narrator. An expatriate Canadian living and working in what many consider to be a sub tropical paradise.
The Locust - my 16 year old son. His life experience consists of living and growing in this fantasy land - he hasn't a clue whats out there in the real world.
The Bastard - ex husband and father of the Locust.
Ma - the narrator's mother. Retired, happy in her small town world.
Sister - Ran away 3,000 miles in the opposite direction from the homeland.
The Homeland - a small town in Southern Ontario from which the narrator ran many years ago