Not As Nice As Yours

Outside:

1. A string of golden dots is making its way from the sky to the ground;

2. A dirty, old train is hollering for New York City;

3. The Passaic River is beginning to freeze.

He takes a hold of her pretty blue sweater and pulls it up and over her head. Beneath, he finds a sudden, simple thing: A thin, gold chain carrying a cock-shaped charm. It smiles and winks and rests gently against her white, white skin. He’s slightly surprised, she’s slightly embarrassed. He laughs his slightly surprised laugh. She follows with one of her own.

And then he touches it.

His eyes from it to hers, her eyes from it to his, and he asks, without words: “?”

She answers: “I like penises.”

“This is a nice one,” he admits.

“Not as nice as yours.”

Inside:

1. What music is playing?

2. Is she lying?

3. __________________

The Passaic River is beginning to freeze.