creative writing

The Transaction

By redjac ⋅ May 1, 2006 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Please, she says to me,

whisky on a cold winter day.

Yes, I reply,

ribbon pulled taut on a giftwrapped package.

I love you, she says, and

shut up, I say.

When you say it like that it’s currency.