love and other bad ideas, pt four

[Part One, Part Two and Part Three here] “You seem distant”, Simone tells me. “Nonsense”, I exclaim from the hallway, “I can still make out your hair color and general build from here” “Is something wrong?” Something? EVERYTHING! I’m trapped, trapped like a rat in a trap or a deer in a sports car. My […]

love and other bad ideas, Part three

[Part one is here; Part two is here] Orwell Said that Sex Equals Death But he Left Out the Pain and Depression I always feel guilty after sex; fortunately, guilt looks exactly like contemplation, so I simply look as if I’m about to say something brilliant. It had been a long long time since I’d […]

Love and other bad ideas, pt two

[Part One is Here] “Waiter!”, I called, “a shot of gin with a rabbit embryo floating in it and give the lady whatever she wants” Hands on hips, she admonished me, “We aren’t at a table and rabbit embryos don’t float”. So, she was well-educated and familiar with the specific weights of rabbit embryos. What […]

Love and other bad ideas, Pt one

Love and Other Bad Ideas The Bloom of Love is Like a Visit to the Reptile House and All the Glass Cages are Broken… Setting: A singles’ bar… I suppose. I’m not really sure what a singles’ bar is. I’m pretty sure that they cannot legally throw out married people, but maybe peer-pressure would force […]

Love and Ann

Our love grew more each day. Each business day… then, at midnight Friday, our love dropped sharply off until midnight Sunday. I remember one Sunday morning waking up to find that she’d tattooed two eyes on my forehead. This drove my dog crazy because she didn’t know where to look when I talked to her. […]