Elizabeth Bidwell Goetz

Afterthought on “A Finite Number of Things”

Circle Game

bring-a-stranger parties - reporting a dream - her sexy voice - « Are you my special friend? » - a platonic family - so slanted were the floors - communal food - landsmanschaften - that cat with his backpack

Cherchez la Femme

nice, thick, colored markers - the first time he bought his mother dinner - parading attempts at cool - misquoted Tolstoy - a middle-aged host in a movie - two types of secrets - stories to brag about - supposed to be a hippie - none of her own