“He will live on for decades—eating, talking, laughing, fucking—while she will cease to exist in just a few weeks.”

“As a girl, that’s how you made it / to first base. You didn’t kiss, / you were kissed.”

“After talking about his vegetables, we inevitably talk about the past.”

“Nobody trusts a writer, but they will generally talk themselves into cooperating if you let them.”

“I memorized / my whole life in order / to release it”