24 Nov.

I will tell you the circumstances of my coming to be with Y only because I know it is something you would ask. She was a friend's employer. Nevermind who the friend is; nobody I know now will be missed. I saw her at this friend's cocktail party wearing pink, her head sleek and angular like a housecat. I liked the concept of her, the way that she might only ever exist as a part of something else--the thing we are talking about when we ask someone if they have any attachments.