before going inside, i checked the ashtray just outside the front doors to see if she had arrived yet. she had - a cigarette butt with a thin ring of plum passion no. 94 lipstick had been stubbed out in the gray sand.
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she slid into the booth just as he was telling the waiter, "two martinis, please."
"gosh, i haven't eaten all day. i'm shaking so bad." she held out her hands as proof.
he ignored her hands and her statement. "nice to see you relatively on time this week."
"well, traffic, you know." she reached into her purse and pulled out her compact. "i bet my ( Read more... )

"you look trashy," she said with disgust when she saw margaret's new outfit.
"i happen to like this," margaret said, keeping her face calm. if she frowned, the other girl would know she had hurt her feelings. if she scowled or sneered, she'd be accused of "copping an attitude."
the other girl smiled politely - almost sneering, but not quite. "well i ( Read more... )

in another three days, it'll still be in my veins.
this time tomorrow, it'll scorch my senses until drops of wine are visible on my brow
and every drop i see makes me die a little.
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where are you going? out.
when will you be back? sometime.
who's going to be there? people.
how are you getting home? i'm not.
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(you gorgeous fairy princess,
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she was in her apartment, and the navy blue skirt and jacket were in wrinkled piles on the floor. and she was lying on her bed in her slip, and her pillow was wet and tear-stained because she kept thinking about what he had said to her about the other woman.
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i was talking to you one second and then you were going going GONE!
where did you go, off to find someone not so problematic that won't just be a hobby or something hidden in the back of your closet?
i think you don't understand.
i think things are floating off me and into something else and i have NO future and nothing to look forward to except ( Read more... )