"I mean, isn't it odd--how you can buy a lap dance,
phone sex, or blowjob in a snap, but can't
pay a person a dollar to just sit next to you
on a park bench and simply hold your hand?"
Jeffrey McDaniel
".....We should be careful of each other, we should be kind, while there is still time." Philip Larkin
Friday, August 10, 2012
Simply
"I mean, isn't it odd--how you can buy a lap dance,
phone sex, or blowjob in a snap, but can't
pay a person a dollar to just sit next to you
on a park bench and simply hold your hand?"
Jeffrey McDaniel
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Or to sit with you and let you feel alone, uninterrupted.
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