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at the end of the night, Mary walked him to the door and grabbed his coat. she held it up for him to put on, but he stepped into it forward instead of backward and put both arms through the sleeves and wrapped them around her waist. she looked stunned. “you know,” he started, and…

In Palm Springs, we find out we are 2 miles outside the center of town. That, and the town is a hotspot for Pride. Lying on the bed, after having bought a cheap bottle of white wine from a cooler in the lobby, I sit and read ads in the guidebook: “Where men meet men…

NO STOP IT you yell as I pretend to throw the spider at you. I crouch down in the sand and pretend to cup it with my hands.  DONT YOU DARE! IT’S PROBABLY POISONOUS!  DEFINITELY poisonous, I say, look at it’s red butt. Just like a Black Widow.  I grab your arm as you’re tying…

you, holding a balloon and a bottle of brandy: “see what i got you? wow, such a good girlfriend.”  me: “such a good girlfriend. amazing thank you.”  you, upstairs as i give you the orchids and Reese’s: “aw that’s nice. i was hoping you wouldn’t get me anything so i could rub it in your…

you said you want an egg sandwich so i go to make you an egg sandwich, pulling out the only clean pan and imagining myself in front of a big flat top, slinging eggs across it like a skilled diner cook. i light the stove, put the pan on it, and still smell whatever it…

my footsteps are louder than i thought. they clunk clunk down the back way, and though i’ve already planned to do this, walk to the coffee shop without music, as i open the back door my right hand reaches reflexively for my headphones. already. i have to consciously pull it back. i step out from…

she said she was starting a business – a peanut butter business – and it was going to be unlike other peanut butter because it was going to have glitter in it. edible glitter, of course… she was working with a food scientist. “he’s going to make it sparkle!” she said, and i thought of peanut butter…

it’s the easing heat of a Boston day, Junemeeting July, Will and i walk the shipyardin Charlestown. we sit to rest in the sun. i say, “i regret this immediately, let’s findshade.” “we’ve gone too far,” Will says. i stand and begin to walk. he grunts, rises,follows. “this my favorite view of Boston,” i say…

let’s get a car home, i don’t care about the pork.  it’s barely raining!  it looks like it’s raining pretty hard.  cmon, let’s go see. if it’s bad, we’ll take a car.  ok…  we get up and walk out. i stand in the middle of the sidewalk and hold my hands out. it’s just a…

counting the bulbs on that strange chandelier in your living room. six. and the two of us are at the airport casting affections at each other. a giant worm flexes its back and we step onto it, ride it north toward the laundry room. when we get there, we strip naked and stick our heads…