And any of the people that had been counted correctly, including me, could move or die, making the incorrect count accurate once again, if only for a moment.

And any of the people that had been counted correctly, including me, could move or die, making the incorrect count accurate once again, if only for a moment.

I am in a storehouse of answers, am I not? I head for the reference desk even though there's no one behind the counter.

I am in a storehouse of answers, am I not? I head for the reference desk even though there's no one behind the counter.

No one comes. I walk up to the bike. The seat’s taller than my bike.

No one comes. I walk up to the bike. The seat’s taller than my bike.

I don’t smoke, I called out, but no one heard me, and I sounded uncertain. 

I don’t smoke, I called out, but no one heard me, and I sounded uncertain. 

The grass here is incessant.

The grass here is incessant.

A deep hole.

A deep hole.

It wasn’t my fault we started talking.

It wasn’t my fault we started talking.

Ess saw it first at 2:03 AM.

Ess saw it first at 2:03 AM.

Do you remember this one?

Do you remember this one?

It was cloudy most days.

It was cloudy most days.

When it is morning morning I dress myself in nice human clothes. I am ready to leave the garden, but I do not leave the garden.

When it is morning morning I dress myself in nice human clothes. I am ready to leave the garden, but I do not leave the garden.

Do us in quick, I begged, do me easy.

Do us in quick, I begged, do me easy.

Perhaps we are simply trying to figure out how to stay inside a relationship – our relationship – and figure out how to physically exit the space we currently inhabit and enter another.