Pearl Girl

 

illustration: Benda (Ben Liu)

Intimates

Don't you care for my love? she said bitterly.

I handed her the mirror, and said:
Please address these questions to the proper person!
Please make all request to head-quarters!
In all matters of emotional importance
please approach the supreme authority direct!--
So I handed her the mirror.

And she would have borken it over my head,
but she caught sight of her own refection 
and that held her spellbound for two seconds
while I fled.

D.H. Lawrence