| 1. The Online Romance - Blue House |
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She was living in a blue house. I went up and rang the doorbell and I waited. No one answered. I was waiting at a blue house. At a blue house I was...
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| 2. The Online Romance - 7:40 Am Flight |
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I slept four hours, not enough for one night. I awoke and I spoke but the words, they were meaningless. I slipped toes into shoes and laced tight....
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| 3. The Online Romance - Beet Red |
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All my beloved eloquence is washing away, in a moment to be gone, evaporating. A big old mouth, for sure, but nothing to say — speaking, yes, but...
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| 4. The Online Romance - (the Girl With The) Lily Green Eyes |
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The girl with the lily green eyes, Tom sometimes thought that she was brainless. Dry fingers in a mouth open wide. Tom said, "I know that can't be...
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| 5. The Online Romance - Butterflies |
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Down from the skies, butterflies descend to fields riddled with mice. Enticed by their fluttering, he walked out into the tall grass and met with...
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| 6. The Online Romance - A Man Going Out To The Suburbs |
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At 1 AM by a transit shelter down on Southwest Main Street, pacing in the rain, he approached me quiet. He wondered aloud if his route had been...
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| 7. The Online Romance - My Tiny Boyfriend |
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My tiny boyfriend, you're almost small enough you don't exist at all, but I am looking in the cracks to find you. My tiny boyfriend, let's see —...
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| 8. The Online Romance - (under A) Deer Head Mask |
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Last night at Anastacia's party, muffled through a deer head mask, you tried to get my short attention (as you pocketed your flask) to tell me of the...
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| 9. The Online Romance - Seasoning Salt |
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When your seasoning salt comes back in season, you're going to decorate your plate with that. I hear the impatience in your voice now and I wonder...
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| 10. The Online Romance - North Albina |
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On North Albina in a house that's spacious and old, I'm under blankets though my toes, they are still cold regardless. My head is stuffy and there's...
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| 11. The Online Romance - (she Can) Bus These Tables, Alright |
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Little sister with the cast and purple pendant, still insisting that she could bus these tables alright. She's operating the fountain. Little sister,...
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| 12. The Online Romance - Vanilla Sandwich Creme |
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I entered the basement with a sigh and tried my best to mute the gladness in my eyes. It was a deep long breath, one that i never would replace. ...
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| 13. The Online Romance - A Good Enough Answer |
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"Why are you wearing that sweatshirt?" "I think I look good in grey." "You know it's supposed to be warm out." "They said it's not going to rain but...
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| 14. The Online Romance - Write It Down, Write It Down |
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I totally forgot what I had wanted in there. I left the room with some intention I'm sure, but since I returned into the morning kitchen I find...
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| 15. The Online Romance - Passing You The Note |
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I'm passing you the note 'cause you're the one I want to vote "yes." I'm passing you the note 'cause I'm the boy I think you like best. How can this...
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| 16. The Online Romance - Hopeless Eyes |
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Hopeless eyes, focusing one deck a day after thirty tries at acing the trick for display. It'll take an evening to land that kickflip down by the...
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| 17. The Online Romance - Asleep On Kelly Street |
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When you go, leave me your number, although I'll never call. I will stuff it in a box while I weather out the fall, and I'll stuff that box up in the...
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| 18. The Online Romance - I Wish I Had A Window |
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Boy in the window! Hey. I like your sweater, it suits you quite nice. Did you pick out the display and arrange it yourself for all the crowds you...
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| 19. The Online Romance - Not Fit To Print |
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Not fit to print but not fit to burn, Deb's words spilled out like a torrent. It was a once-romantic text, at least in her esteem, but not in theirs....
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| 20. The Online Romance - Ladybug, Don't Smile |
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Ladybug in red, you got very far for a little girl, and still I wonder how you did it: you tip-toed gently through the keyhole and fastened back the...
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