May 09, 2001
Flo used to say to Clive, "Oh, that awful woman in the blue dressing gown was here this morning." Flo was about ninety and Clive was about thirty. Clive and his boyfriend lived in her house and took care of her until she died and now they live in the house. What she didn't, or perhaps did know was that the awful woman in the blue dressing gown was Clive: pre-cigarette, pre-toast (served with a toast rack) and tea and the vague laundering of the self that takes place in incredibly cold English houses. Anyway, I thought of the story because I feel like I have been the awful woman in the blue dressing gown all winter. She appears to have left.
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Flo used to say to Clive, "Oh, that awful woman in the blue dressing gown was here this morning." Flo was about ninety and Clive was about thirty. Clive and his boyfriend lived in her house and took care of her until she died and now they live in the house. What she didn't, or perhaps did know was that the awful woman in the blue dressing gown was Clive: pre-cigarette, pre-toast (served with a toast rack) and tea and the vague laundering of the self that takes place in incredibly cold English houses. Anyway, I thought of the story because I feel like I have been the awful woman in the blue dressing gown all winter. She appears to have left.
- rachael 5-10-2001 4:52 am