The Way They Were
“I don’t read People unless I’m at the dentist’s which is only twice a year. There was a copy in the waiting room, eight months old. Go figure. You popped out on page 13, staring back at me in a black tux with those silver eyes. A beautiful woman clung to your arm. She wore a green sequin dress, low cut, and white-blond hair piled eight inches high. You were surrounded by Hollywood type people. I never pictured you in California, I guess because you loved the snow so much, but then I never thoug...ht you liked blondes either.
I ripped the page out of the magazine and folded it neatly, careful not to crease your face. I’ll bet the other people in the waiting room thought I was stealing a recipe for pot roast. I stuffed it in my jeans pocket and vowed I would only look at it once a year, when I wrote in my diary. I broke the promise two seconds after I left the doctor’s office. I carried your picture in my back pocket and I swear, pulled it out at least once an hour. That sounds crazy, doesn’t it?MoreLess
I ripped the page out of the magazine and folded it neatly, careful not to crease your face. I’ll bet the other people in the waiting room thought I was stealing a recipe for pot roast. I stuffed it in my jeans pocket and vowed I would only look at it once a year, when I wrote in my diary. I broke the promise two seconds after I left the doctor’s office. I carried your picture in my back pocket and I swear, pulled it out at least once an hour. That sounds crazy, doesn’t it?MoreLess
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