Themes
Perfectly Anxious
missing a perfectly good day because she’s sure that she should be anxious about something
Permanence
Just because they die, she said, doesn’t mean they go away.
Perpetual Change
I’ve never been that good at complaining, she told me, because I’m going to be dead in another 50 years & it’s all going to change then anyway.
Perfect Stranger (Feminine)
I held her close for only a short time, but after she was gone, I’d see her smile on the face of a perfect stranger & I knew she would be there with me all the rest of my days.
Perfect Stranger (Masculine)
I held him close for only a short time, but after he was gone, I’d see his smile on the face of a perfect stranger & I knew he would be there with me all the rest of my days.
Perfect Time
When I grow up, I want to remember that I always wanted to be about a thousand different things & one lifetime didn’t seem nearly enough. When I grow up, I hope it’s at the very end when it doesn’t matter anymore anyway
Pep Talk
I like change, she said, as long as I remember I like change.
Perfect Combination
We need a letter that’s like i & u together for when we’re doing stuff like this, he said & I hugged him & said a lot of people want a letter like that.
Perfect Day
It was a day filled with the glow of ordinary things & we passed them quietly from hand to hand for a long time & someone said she had picked a perfect day to be born & I think all of us felt the same.
Perfect Match
Sometimes you just need the right accessory, she said & I said I know, sometimes it takes me an hour to pick the right head & she just ignored me.
Perfect Sense
All this stuff will make perfect sense later on, he used to say, if you can remember enough of it.
Penance
I know I don’t go to church as often as I should, she said, but I still wear pantyhose & that should count for something.
Partners
Tied together by stuff too difficult to explain to someone new
Past Vegetarians
I had vegetarians in my past, she said, but they’re gone now and I’m a lot happier.
Peace Cactus
this is a cactus that thinks there’s enough violence in the world already so it’s taking correspondence courses in being a cabbage
Peace Dance
This is a modern dance with real animals. It’s supposed to symbolize peaceful co-existence, but it’s usually pretty loud & the dancers have to watch where they step all the time. I heard someone say they didn’t know peace was so smelly.
Overdressed
I’m feeling overdressed, she said & he held her close & said as far as he was concerned she was always that way & her eyes glowed softly in the light of his desire
Overexcitement
You have to be blase about something, she said, or you’ll die from overexcitement.
Packets of Light
These are little packets of light & you need to plant them early in the year & remember to mark where they were because lots of times they look like weeds in the beginning & it’s not until later that you see how beautiful they really are.
Pain Free
doesn’t mind being altruistic if he doesn’t have to suffer to do it