Enigma Machine
Love is an Enigma
Machine. The only person who can figure it out is a gay British mathematician
who committed suicide before you were born.
Love is a small
electronic device made in a distant country. The instructions were
written in English by people for whom English was not their first
language. The buttons change function each time they are pressed,
according to a schedule specified in the errata sheet that was never
issued. It is water-resistant.
Love is a licorice-flavored
liqueur, served in a dusty glass in a cold room.
Love is a song
by a one-hit wonder. The recording artist is completely forgotten,
although his girlfriend was later successful on Broadway. An oil millionaire
from New Mexico bought the issuing label as a tax loss.
Love is a cat
called Rascal, with white fur and a surprisingly friendly disposition.
Love is an obscure
remark overheard at a masquerade party, made by a large woman in an
elegant black evening gown with a champagne cocktail in her hand.
She is surrounded by a small group of friends, who know the insulting
way she speaks behind their backs.
Love is a sitcom
aimed at children, written by an incredibly gifted writer who is addicted
to heroin.
Love is the
car that pulls ahead of you in traffic, engine revving as it shifts
lanes, cutting you off to gain eight feet of distance before both
of you come to a stop at a red light.
Love is the
green glass of a bottle of unexpectedly good Merlot purchased at a
low price from the local market.
Love is a cool
breeze on a warm August night.
Love is a brand
of spices owned by an import firm in Baltimore. The manager is a small,
imaginative man who loves his wife much more than she deserves.
Love is the
missing sock, the traveling salesman, the man from Nantucket.
