I searched for a photo of myself in vain. Through boxes stacked in closets gathering dust. Useless. Instead I found your letter from Wisconsin. And a smile returned to my face. Thank you for those moments. I have been feeling down as of late. The rain season has returned. I already feel cold and empty. A year of change.
"Love, or the absence of love, may be the heart of the matter, for we generally associate nakedness with that sentiment. The body of someone we love is not altogether naked, but clothed and framed in our feelings." (Broyard, 102)