wasnt a dealkiller

wasnt his body

                  he respected her enormouslyappreciated her autonomy  knew she had brought herself up the hardway  defiedbettered the circuitous route of poor turns she had made

They were mine.

I was obligated.

I’m accountable for my decisions, my actions.

   How do you not fall in love with someone like tha  he thought

                                                                            he had

they dated a good while

tookup living togetherwhich surprised them both   to the marrow in their bones

                                                                                     they were committed to their own time

their wont

not to share

                                 

didnt occur to them they were

                                 Can you believe how well we get along

No I don’t, I have to pinch myself.

   he pinched her she pinched him

 

 

 

Wha do you think of babies

I don’t.

   No

Not really.

                         What do you think?

I grewupround babies

                         Im good with them

What are you asking?

                              Are you asking . me . . . . if I want . your . baby?

   I cant have one

                   Since we havent talked about babies I believe its a good conversation to have We converse better than mostHell better than any couples I know

Ohyes, far better.

                    Honesty gives us that.

Brutally so

she noddedsmiled Gawddamn those dimples

                                              Brutally.

   You think I want to ruin this beautiful bodyyou enjoyI enjoy that I worked so hard to attain?

Is it ruin

Jeez.

       You want a baby? Now?   Get a surrogate.

   Yasaid  now

Now.

        I’m not keen . now . to suffer a parasite for nine mont . .

. . Twins  Pairasites

she smiled lovely again humoured   rad dimples

                                                   P  A  I  R.   My clever lover.

You know I love you very much.

his turn to nod no dimples  I love you inside out 

 

   For now . . I only want us to share our pie together.

Yes  Our halves

Yes.

   Im selfish   Too

Yes. We dig.

                  Let’s table it for some other time.

I can do tha

 

   their relationshipso delicious was that they alwaysalways returned to territoriesconversations they paused for another time

   they had crazylong memories

after 2100hrs,  Saturday,  22  3. 25

1137,  Monday,  24  3. 25