Really Leaving

[Breakfast with The Ex...]

["Here's your copy of Wicked, and the Go-Go's CD they signed for us," he said.
You're leaving, I thought.]

["I'm staying with my sister in the Albany environs."
Did you remember to get your winter coat out of storage? I thought.]

["I told my family I don't plan on being back there for more than three or four months," he said.
Best laid plans, I thought.]

["Um...I don't mean this in a mean way," I said, "but I think it would be best for both of us if you don't call me unless there's an emergency that I can only help with," I said.
"I don't know what kind that would be," he replied, "but OK."
You're really leaving, I thought.]

[All those nosy queens on the Castro Muni platform who pretended not to notice my contorted features afterward can just kiss my ass.]

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