A basket full of woven slippers, “ I don’t know what to tell you”, a bar of soap as big as both of my hands, 2 little bottles of Dr. Scholls callous/corn remover bedside. Photographs of children seen from a distance. Photo of him with Max, the dog with the tumor caused by her anger, A firepit, a sky big and black sprinkled with stars, furniture less patio over looking an award winning golfcourse. A giant silk ranunculus arrangement the color of fire, a bubble bath I did not share, hair recession hidden by a baseball cap, but not by the streaming sunshine the morning after, a not too hairy back, melting cuddles in the morning, the curve billed thrashers January call, his scrambling to make sure I got every last item , “ you use all of these?”, 4 black elastic bands, an offer of an organic green apple for the road, jeans pulled on, the button fly undone, 3 tarot cards in a frame representing past present and future, The wheel of fortune, the future, laughter, kissing, inevitable sex that was inevitably unforgettable yet mediocre at best, riding boots, “those are my riding boots”, A gift of water and 2 rust colored tablets 30 seconds after my wish for these items, a foot rub and foot inspection by a stranger in a sushi bar, end of pigtail suddenly hard and full of soy sauce, eyebrows like commas, “ how are you so perky in the morning?”, white linens, an entire wardrobe strewn across the floor still on hangers, barstools, Bob Schneider, a little room to watch movies, fake plants, a fireplace, a book called Chocolate about art, a bookshelf full of many novels, coconut verbena lotion, a watercloset with a sliding door, a plasma tv in the bathroom, a plasma tv in the kitchen, a plasma tv in the bedroom, a hookah from Jen, cantaloupe tobacco, a bag of ice double bagged in the freezer that lived below the refrigerator, French fries with chili sauce, Row 11 pinot noir, tales of the israeli airforce and Arabian horses, boarding school and love songs, the morning and big concepts, a silver convertible Mercedes, not a jew burner, regrets, hopes, an offer to stay for 2 weeks.
