Looks like it’s just you and me, boyfriend; he was in the washroom cleaning the sink and didn’t hear her enter the room and when he turned around she was walking toward him and the washroom door was open because he wasn’t expecting to see anyone for fourteen days and her hair was inky black and her skin was ghostly white and she was wearing a black t-shirt and black leggings and if she hadn’t yelled out and, instead, had snuck up behind him he would have screamed and he saw a small jacket and large knapsack on his – or her – bed and if that meant she was staying more than a few minutes it was a disastrous development because he’d just gotten rid of the other one and the next thing he noticed was that she wasn’t wearing shoes and while he stared at her feet, she said, Remember me? Mary. As
