The Quiet World

In an effort to get people to look
into each other’s eyes more,
the government has decided to allot
each person exactly one hundred
and sixty-seven words, per day.

When the phone rings, I put it
to my ear without saying hello.
In the restaurant I point
at chicken noodle soup. I am
adjusting well to the new way.

Late at night, I call my long
distance lover and proudly say
I only used fifty-nine today.
I saved the rest for you.

When she doesn’t respond, I know
she’s used up all her words
so I slowly whisper I love you,
thirty-two and a third times.
After that, we just sit on the line
and listen to each other breathe.
- Jeffrey McDaniel

suspenders

[sare] captain huggypants! says:

babyyyyy

♫ Quiet says:

baby! im having my fat soggy noodles

[sare] captain huggypants! says:

I'm captain huggypants!

♫ Quiet says:

so nice.

♫ Quiet says:

i love captain huggypants.

[sare] captain huggypants! says:

AHAHHAAHA

[sare] captain huggypants! says:

wth.

You keep me in suspenders, dear.

Sorry

I drive home, tired, with an empty seat next to me.
I imagine you, with your straight spine in it.
In your slim frame, with your badly cut hair (by me)
and you wonder-filled eyes.
In the 20 minutes of silence, I think of 20 things to say to you.
But by the time I get you on the phone,
I can never remember what they are.
Vaguely, they were about growing old, loving life and my humanity.
9 months in, and my mind is still wiped clean when I hear you on the phone.
Your voice is the only frequency I look for in my daily noise.
I fall asleep at night in your shirts,
Dreaming of the time that our worlds will fuse into one.

The problem

I love it when I make things all better. I secretly relish the times when she is feeling down and I make her feel better. I like being part of the solution. I enjoy making her day. I try to keep upbeat when there is a problem just so I can cheer her up.

Reality check: I am the problem.

So.

Not so great after all.

roots

I guess this is the biggest rough patch we've hit since... ever.

I'm learning what a man is capable and able to do - which is not much really. No, we are not useless. We are just not as great a deal as we make ourselves out to be. I guess we like to be God's answer to women - and the world.

I'm glad that even though it is difficult, she tries her best and that makes a whole lot of difference.

Sometimes even when things are tough, she makes my day.

Anecdotes

I fulfill all her autistic needs.

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She: How sure are you?
He: Errrr.. 98%
She: Orh, that's not very sure.
He: Hmm, 2% allowance for the ring mah.
She: In case I say no?
He: Yah.
*silence*
He: Oh no.. that means you might say no!
*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH*
He: Now it's down to 80%.

-

I know where the sweet spot is.

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She asked me to add to it.

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And she said i can't go soft on her. And i have to be selfish, don't be afraid to walk away and know that they don't know what i know.

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Your boob to bum ratio makes me really happy. =)

(Zohan, 2008)

Little Moorish

I forgot to mention that we did get there in the end!
It was so good that I forgot to take pictures!
Anything on the menu is good, I promise.
I am so going back again.
It was so good, that you couldn't eat another bite of it without first finishing the one before.
You had to savour every bite.
It was amazing. Even morer betterer than vietnamese bun.
Great, you look skeptical because I don't have pictures and you think i'm raving too much. Don't think I don't see your face.

GO TRY!

The proof of the bread is in the baking.