By Isolde
Date: 5 January 1999

The Big Book

Remember back when we were kids?  On the first day of school they would hand 
out our books, English or History or Math.  But the teacher got a special book,
a Big Book, that had all the answers in it to all the questions in the regular 
textbook.

When it comes to Love, we mere mortals don't get to see the Big Book.  We
fumble around, muddling along as best we can, trying to get the right answer.
Only the gods of love get to see the Big Book, and they don't like to share.

I have a theory....

It's been growing in the back of my mind for some time now.  It's about you, and
sensitivity, and romance, and passion, and knowing just the right word or
gesture.  About hitting the center of the target every time.

I think I know how you do it now. One day, when Eros and Cupid and the various 
gods of love were busy with other distractions... I think you looked in their
Big Book.