Brian Andreas

Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.

We lay there and looked up at the night sky and she told me about stars called blue squares and red swirls and I told her I'd never heard of them. Of course not, she said, the really important stuff they never tell you. You have to imagine it on your own.

If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right.

He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.

Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.

I don't really like coffee, she said, but I don't really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either.

I'm not sure if there's one right place I'm supposed to be, he said, but I know a couple of wrong places I'd give a second try in a heartbeat.

Your job is to focus on my personal happiness, she said, & I've got big plans, so break time is over.

I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.

A few said they'd be horses. Most said they'd be some sort of cat. My friend said she'd like to come back as a porcupine. I don't like crowds, she said.