We got quiet. The garden was combing her hair and putting on earrings. The house was full of dancing creatures, not male and female but both, two lovers in one body. The books downstairs were reciting their poetry to each other, rubbing together, whispering through the leather covers. Wine was flowing through the water pipes. You had caught my leaping heart in your hand like a fish.
Francesca Lia BlockThereโs nowhere to escape,โ Dobey said, jamming his hands into his pockets and staring into the Valley. Thatโs not true, baby,โ said Desiree. She took his hands and pulled him to her, wrapping her legs around his torso. She could feel the sobs in both of them, but quiet, silenced by the kiss. They could escape inside each other.
Francesca Lia BlockShe had changed him. The ice was in his eyes and in his heart, like he had predicted with that song, but now they were deep embedded there, all the pain of the world. Not pain to make you feel for somebody else but pain to make you stop feeling.
Francesca Lia BlockMy heart is a teacup with hairline cracks. I feel like I have to walk real carefully so it won't get shaken and just all shatter and break.
Francesca Lia BlockOkay. I wish for world peace,โ Weetzie said. โI am sorry,โ the genie said. โI cant grant that wish. Its out of my league.โ โThen I wish for an infinite number of wishes!โ Those people on fairy tales never thought of that. โPeople in fairy tales wish for that all the time,โ the genie said. โThey arent stupid. It just isnt in the records because I cant grant that type of wish.
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