“We still groped for each other on the backstairs or in parked cars as the road around usgrew glossy with ice and our breath softened the view through the glass already laced with frost,but more frequently I was finding myself sleepless, and he was running out of lullabies. But damn if there isn’t anything sexier than a slender boy with a handgun, a fast car, a bottle of pills.”
“He left the drapes open, watched the lights of the cars and of the fast food joints through the window glass, comforted to know there was another world out there, one he could walk to anytime he wanted.”
“Like cars in amusement parks, our direction is often determined through collisions. ”
“Comfort me from wherever you are–alone, we are quickly worn out; if I place my head on the road, let it seem softened by you. Could it be that even from afar we offer each other a gentle breath?”
“It was hard to remember that we weren't supposed to feel anything for each other when he looked at me like I was more important than the next breath.”
“After all we'd been through, we still couldn't take our heads from out of our asses or our hands from around each other's throats.”