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Michael James O’Neill
Arc of a Romance
Alone and lonely /
/ stay-at-home / distant
glances / once-overs / polite
greetings / a compliment / a weather
remark / small talk / a conversation / a
restaurant date / fondness / attraction / lots
to say/ a goodnight peck / second date / a lingering
soul kiss / excitation / third date / a rom-com movie / furious
sex / infatuation / no worry / meal at home / scintillating sex / first
of many sleepovers / no holds barred / big move / settling in / cooking
/ reading / laughing / everything together / bliss / la vie en rose / in
deep / mention of commitment / missed meal / first fight /
talk it out / makeup sex not so good / reality check /
quirks and flaws / diminishing desire / another
fight / mean words / wounds / rift / not much
to say/ void / luggage at door / separation
/ indifference / messages blocked /
alone but not
lonely /
yet
About the writer:
Michael James O’Neill is from a francophone town in Québec, Canada. He has a B.Ed. and a B.A. from Université de Montréal. He is a career educator with postgrad studies at McGill University (Master of Education). He is the author of several textbooks and activity books for the teaching of English. He has published a few flash fictions most recently in Lothlorien Poetry Journal Vol. 16. He now lives in sunny Bolivia with his wife, Ana Guardia.
Image: Magic by Lajos Gulácsy (1882-1932). Oil on canvas. 86 x 63 cm. 1906-07. By free license via freeparking (photographer).
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