Pavane

She danced with a hotel guest tonight, as she was checking him in — a dance consisting of fleeting smiles and half-meaningful glances — but the song seemed to end too soon, and, there was a line of less attractive partners waiting for a turn.

Viral Discontent

The taint of viral discontent, as filtered through a prison: it is the way our days are spent, and much grief has arisen from all the halves of halves of truth we spread upon our blankets — it is no wonder much of youth is now spent being anxious —