A woman sleeps in my bed, a woman I do not know. Her eyes do not open and she does not move; only the rhythm in her chest tells me that she is alive. She wears makeup and unimpressive sleepwear and earrings that would dangle were she upright. She smells good, though it is a scent I cannot place. She has been there for forty-seven days. I tried on several occasions to rouse her. Now I charge grown men large sums of money to sleep next to her, provided they do not touch her under any circumstance. Some men want to nap with her, others bring with them Ambien and sleep the whole night. Some are old men, some are young. I make a lot of money, of course. One man told me that the woman opened her eyes when they were together. I don’t believe him and will not be accepting his business any longer.
2012/05/24
Wooden Trichotomies
By dsholloway
This entry was posted on Thursday, May 24th, 2012 at 9:41 am and posted in Her, Me, Short Fiction. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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