so you're young and single, and finding The One is nice, but mister good-enough-for-right-now is waiting at the corner bar*. there's all kinds of good enough reasons for having a someone that isn't The One: companionship, security, an end to hating hallmark holidays, reliable sex. and maybe you really do love that someone. but after a while, you ( Read more... )

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six months late, a useless abort:
I pressed down on the escape key
and turned the ignition. waiting
for the operator to speak on the line I dial
your disconnected number and wonder
what my fingers remember. they twitch
involuntarily, fondly. nothing cures, even
your downcast figure ( Read more... )