Why can’t people just be normal when you see them. Just fucking say hello for Christ’s sake. Now I’m carrying this weird awkward memory around as I try to order at the god damn coffee shop; it is inhibiting my ability to hit on my server. I’m at the ATM. I’m in profile, unmistakable from the sidewalk, intent on my deposit. I turn to leave and sidling up to the next machine is you, Olivia, turning your head to the side in hopes that I don’t see you. Because there are so many other ginger chicks with mammoth jugs out there wearing that same dress you wore on our first date. You’re with a dude, maybe that’s the issue. Or you’re just a weirdo.
Well, God damn, you look good. Like you reverse aged. I forgot that you have good skin. I was reading this morning, the foreword to a book of Charles Bukowski’s, and it mentioned some Latin title I hadn’t known was his. It was your tattoo. So that’s where you got it. You were a Bukowski fan, I thought. So that’s why you liked me. I’m the shitty version of him, but then, not nearly as ugly. A good compromise for a date. I didn’t know his work when we went out. Continue reading
