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Category Archives: love

The power of proximity

I was worried.  We all knew that I was worried� What if I stepped off of the bus in Lyon, our eyes met, and we both realized the the chemical reaction was long since over� What if, upon spending a few days together, we discovered that the magic had dissipated and if we chose to [...]

Passport came in the mail

For ten whole days I will exist solely for one person, relying on her and her alone to be my conduit of communication, the source of my heat, the weight that keeps me here on earth and directed. For ten days, we will be the source of envy: two lovers absorbed in one another, caught [...]

The death of the romantic

I realized something today, after having yet another meaningless, distracted, boring conversation with Natalie on the phone. We’ve been having the occasional chat–most of the time she’s either talking to other people, shopping, or busy with something else. Having set up a formal time to talk today, only to find that she was probably in [...]