I knew I did from that first moment we met. It was… Not love at first sight exactly, but - familiarity. Like: oh, hello, it’s you. It’s going to be you.
i had some peculiar ideas about love. i’ll tell you what i thought on the subject back then: it’s about as much use as a barrel with no bottom. when i fed the pigs and two of them got to scrapping over an old soft onion, i thought: that’s love. love is eating. love is a snarling pig snout and long tusks. love is a dress like the sun.
love is the color of blood. love is what grown folk do to each other because the law frowns on killing.
noun: an imitation or representation of a person or a thing, like a statue or a painting. one could argue that words themselves are simulacra as they are merely representations of the things, people, and ideas they describe, rather than the actual things.
etymology: latin from 1590-1600. literal translation "likeness" or "similarity."
plural noun, singular desideratum. 1. things wanted or needed; the plural of desideratum: “happily-ever-after” and “eternal love” appear to be the desiderata of the current generation; to whom “fat chance” say those of us who are older, wiser, and more curmudgeonly.
synonyms: essentials, necessities, requisites, sine qua nons.
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