And then the wedding. And he watched her walk down the aisle. And he said to her, I’m not nervous. And she hoped that would be his final lie.
Tagged: Love (951)
T 5042
He’s curious about her freckles. About the geography of them. Your freckles are like a gateway drug, he says. I don’t do drugs, she replies.
T 5034
That’s not a wet spot, that’s a wetlands, he says laughing, and she says, We’ve been together ever since. And the kids lose their appetites.
T 5017
She settled him down and he felt like crying, and he said, I don’t know what love is, and she said, Love is when you touch me here and here.
T 5002
Their conversation proceeded from lusty flirtations to complaints about the world, and hours later they knew they’d be growing old together.
T 5001
He says, I’m a dog person, and she says, Don’t smell me, and he doesn’t find that funny, but then he smells her, and now he understands her.
T 4991
He wakes and she kisses him and he says, I don’t dream anymore, and she pouts and turns and then has a dream big enough for the both of them.
T 4987
She says, Don’t make me cry, and he reaches over and pulls a hair out of her nose and waits. That did it, she says. And she starts laughing.
T 4981
The plane landed. Let the vacation begin! he said. Our vacation began when we left home, she said. Actually their vacation was already over.
T 4864
After he’s finished his pitch she says, You can’t have me, and that makes him want her more and this doesn’t stop and they grow old and die.