hairshirt
Saorise
Hairshirt
Fling
After
glancing
through
the
Times
,
left
crumpled
by
R
,
over
coffee
with
milk
and
biscuits
with
honey
,
S
walked
back
upstairs
.
She
planned
to
put
on
yesterday's
clothes
and
drive
home
to
work
.
She
wondered
if
her
and
R's
fling
could
be
sustained
. "
Might
be
nice
."
she
mused.
"
Wish
he'd
smooth
out
the
paper
,
but
his
coffee
and
biscuits
are
good
.
"
And
he
knows
how
to
roll
Neruda
off
his
tongue
like
no
one
else
around
."
Once
in
his
room
,
she
decided
instead
to
put
on
his
black
wool
shirt
.
It
was
perhaps
a
bit
flamboyant
,
and
like
being
saddled
with
an
hairshirt.
But
it
was
cool
.
The
shirt
made
her
warm
,
and
like
she
was
occupying R's
skin
.
She
smiled
to
herself
.
A
little
scratchy,
but
very
nice
skin
.
Copr.
2000
see
fling
000820
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from