I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me.

“There were no passing cars to call out to. You couldn’t call for help from a po…”

“Once he’d had happiness but for so brief a time; happiness was made of quicksil…”

“He finished his drink. 'I don’t like mornings either,' he said. “That’s why I’m…”

“They were one unto the other, a circle whirling evenly, effortlessly, endlessly…”