I Love To Swim, And I Love

...and The Distance Between Them, Millimeters Only, The Space Of A Breath, Opened Up And Deepened, Became A Cavern At Whose Edge He Stood.

She Saw Herself Moving Through Another Life, An Exotic, Difficult, Satisfying Life.

It's Good To Be In Love.

He Wished He Had Some Kind Of X-ray Vision For The Human Heart.

He Fished In His Pocket For His Keys And Instead Pulled Out The Last Geode, Gray And Smooth, Earth-shaped. He Held It, Warming In His Palm, Thinking Of All Mysteries The World Contained: Layers Of Stone, Concealed Beneath The Flesh Of Earth And Grass; These Dull Rocks, With Their Glimmering Hidden Hearts.