An Oversimplification of Her Beauty Page #7

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You come from a long line of

ancestors who operate time

based on celestial happenings still

undiscovered by the Western world.

You are thus out of sync

as opposed to late.

It is both unfair

and culturally insensitive

for you to expect yoursef to

transform into a model of punctuality

within any

finite period of time.

Number six.

Your ineptitude with bed

fabrication and construction

had more to do with your lack

of time than lack of ability.

Like cooking,

with carpentry, patience

is the all-important

coefficient in the equat.

Seventh and very importa,

again dealing with reali,

somehow along the way

you became gravely, deep,

and intensely in love wit

Thus, no film

nor explanation, nor poe,

nor kiss,

nor absence, nor presence,

nor reciprocation could erase

how you felt that moment.

It was a symptom of your love.

It is a symptom of your love.

It will be a symptom

of your love.

Today, the days before,

or the next day.

Speaking of the next day, when you

arrive home and start to get settled,

you again see that

she has telephoned you.

Of course, you

telephone her back.

You arrange to meet

to talk about the film.

You want to interview he,

get her perspective, include it.

You arrive at her home and sit

close to her in a beanbag chair.

You ask her questions,

she answers.

In the answers

she tells you that

she was significantly enamored

with you for a good while

after meeting you.

But as your relationshp

subtly intensified,

she choose the practicality

and constraint of her and him

over the irrationality and

freedom of her and you.

She also tells you that she has

one day previous to this day

chosen to dissolve her exclusive

romantic relationship.

You smile inside.

She continues.

She tells you that

she is dating someone new.

After a few moments,

the possibility of this information

taking the form of a joke

fades.

Your inner smile fades with it.

Of course, after you talk,

rewrite some of the script, laugh, hope,

the time comes for you to sleep,

somewhere.

As you would expect for

a woman who is taken,

she will not be able

to house you that evenin.

You walk to the door.

She lightly kisses you

on your lips,

with a look

of doubt and mischief

opaque in her pupils.

Now, at that moment,

given the aforementioned

circumstances...

...how would you feel?

Hurt, disappointed, confused.

All the bad adjectives that you can

attach to a romantic relationshi.

And how do you salvage that?

How do you...

I'm dating someone that

might be watching

this right now,

and I don't want to

say anything about it.

I got into a...

At the end of the day you

listen to you heart. Right?

My heart

is

excited

at the thought of him, and also

very tenuous.

Because when you walk into

a situation knowing that

you're about to be hurt

at some point...

It's a weird thing.

Like, why would you logically do that?

It doesn't make any sense.

But I'm learning that

some things just can't

and don't make sense. Ever.

I do think that I could

get hurt with you.

Because I think you're...

Hmm...

I think you're an artist.

I think...

What?

You have a wandering heart.

You don't get into a

relationship or not based on

the probability of a good

or bad thing happening.

There is this emotional impulse that I

can't explain or understand or control.

I hate it for that reason,

but I have to also follow it because...

How often does that happen?

At times.

Because I was normally

in a position that

I would be a bad person

if I obeyed it.

I get it sometimes,

but I think I've been...

I think I've kind of

conditioned myself.

After so long of being in a

situation where it wasn't

a viable possibility,

I started to see you in a different way.

In layman's terms,

I got friend zoned.

Hello?

Hey.

Hey.

Where you at?

I'm at home.

Am I supposed to be

somewhere else?

I don't know.

Oh, my God!

I'm so sorry, I was supposed

to come over today, wasn't I?

Or actually,

maybe it was tomorrow?

No, it was today.

Sorry.

I just got home from work.

My mind's just...

Anyway, how was your day?

It was okay.

It was really frustrating.

But what are you going to do?

I'm going to quit though.

When are you going to quit?

I know.

I can't quite tomorrow.

I'm gonna quit,

but I just need some time to work it out.

So, I'll see you another time?

Yeah, I'm sorry, but we can definitely

reschedule for really soon.

I'll just check my schedule and let

you know how soon I can get together.

Is that okay?

Okay.

Okay, bye.

Bye-bye.

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