In a Lonely Place

If this experiment is teaching me anything, other than how to further refine one’s own stubbornness, it’s that when you give yourself all the time in the world, you’re obliged to become introspective. Everything you see becomes a mirror of…

No, I will go. I will speak. I will plunge headlong into this moment that, at the very worst, is only me: “Gloria…. Gloria. I…had to say something. Otherwise your cheek, that shadow on your cheekbone, that shadow was going…

Shall we attempt a line or two? Her eyes are closed in concentration, ready for the message. Do I dare disturb the universe? Would it have been worth while, To have bitten off the matter with a smile, To have…