Real Women Don’t Cry
A love story and a heartbreak story may go on to become the origin story of a real woman. I saw one play out before my eyes when I was in college.
Ex-factor
The League of Ex-girlfriends
The one safety valve on a man who goes with too many women is the fact that there are that many vindictive/resentful/ unsure-about-feeling women to league with.
Closure, Actually
Actually after this, another string of random thoughts on breaking up and the afterlife. ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ You watch them speak to and of the one they love.And think, unflinchingly, that they don’t speak to or of you that way.The only part that hurts is the realisation that they once used to….
The Past and His Present: Douche Ex Machina
An Ex has an uncanny way of showing up when you’re least prepared. Often with a new human appendage designed to hit you worse. It’s Diabolus Ex Machina.
Turquoise Nights
We live in cold storage during the week, shutting away emotions, fears, aches and fevers till such a time that we can experience them ‘on our own time’.
History
These things never go away.If there has ever been history, it will show even if you are in the same room. Yes, very dramatic. And perhaps romantic. Heartening, even to some. But reality seems to indicate otherwise. Attraction, like everything else, is impermanent. Or perhaps I’m only thinking of fancy…
Codes
Speaking in codes about the twisted tangles within us is fun.
Spec-tacularly mad
I have a weakness for men in spectacles. Quite mad for them, in fact. Maybe I associate that with intelligence. Maybe it’s my Electra Syndrome.
Finite Relationships – When You Catch Up With An Ex
If someone from your past came back to you, would you be willing to give them another chance? I thought about the feelings & memories that make up Ex anyone.
55-Words: Thick As Thieves
A 55 word story about being thick as thieves.