Better When Silent
Y stands in front of her house. Warm night air gathers here, blood pumping to her cheeks. I brought something, I say. She dips her fingers into the bag. Do you ever miss it all…

Robbing the church may not have been one of my better ideas, but in couples therapy we had agreed that my ideas were as good as yours, and yes, anything to reach consensus for once. At the font you asked if I was entirely sure it was made of pure silver, and I began looking for hallmarks. Afterwards we were offered the loan of the priest’s drying cabinet if we promised never to do it again, and it was not entirely unpleasant to eat communion wafers and drink wine into the small hours, so at the next therapy session we could tell the psychologist that the method had probably worked.
Y stands in front of her house. Warm night air gathers here, blood pumping to her cheeks. I brought something, I say. She dips her fingers into the bag. Do you ever miss it all…
I was told to forget the desperado in the balaclava, but it had the opposite effect. I contacted four or five motels, had sketched out a possible escape route. Suddenly he rang, I…
The other girl appeared only in the way you treated me, as if you had rehearsed everything but not followed through with the action. To make you feel better I described your laugh…