By Melissa (msj@tamu.edu)
Date: 11 April 1999

story

so i asked
him
once upon a time
to tell me 
his
story

for he made me
want to read him
to read him cover to cover
though i had not read
anyone like him
in so long.

so i asked him.

and he took a 
deep breath
looking away
but then
he 
looked up at me 
perfectly and
a silence 
full 
of blue-eyed words
fell 
into my palm.

and i could not put it down.