An Oversimplification of Her Beauty Page #4

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have left your apartment in disarray

because you have

not had time to clean it.

You, of course, were planning to clean

for ths occasion with this lady.

You start to get settled.

You notice that

she has telephoned you.

Of course,

you telephone her back.

She tells you that she has herself

just arrived at her own home

and will not be able

to come and see you toni.

Now, at that moment,

given the aforementioned

circumstances,

how would you feel?

During your romance

wi you were reading a book.

The book tells the story of and

is trying to g

to fall in love with him.

This all takes place on a

reservation in North

What page is it?

90 something... Early 90s.

Okay.

It says...

"I felt him looking at me.

"It's what happens

with boys like him.

"Less said, more felt.

"He was bad at that

look exchange game.

"You always know when they

are looking your way,

"when if you return the look,

they are lookig directly the other way.

"The smooth ones either keep looking

at you, or subtly divert their eye.

"Boys like him turn away

because they can imagineu

"being wherever

they are looking.

"I was dancing, and in so doing,

"paying close attention to the

exciting realities of my flesh.

"Probably more attention than

"where on me

was exposed to the air."

That's right?

Yeah, that's the part.

Okay...

"Here on the res,

it was pretty easy

"for them to set up

a lot for the picture show.

"Going to the picture show,

along with the bingo,

"was maybe the only indulgence we were

afforded in Western entertainment,

"that and the firewater."

Have we ever been

to the movies together?

Uh, I don't remember

Hmm, so...

"The pleasant movies always

gave soft edges to things

"and had colors placed

in locales unfamiliar to.

"Yellow roses, bright brown eyes,

stark white pigeon.

"Being around him

may have been like stepping

"into one of

those displayed worl,

"with fantastil displaced colos

"and no knowledge of what

might or should happen

"Nevertheless,

there, in the pictures,

"he was entirely in contro.

"And another thing,

our interaction amounted to glance.

"Portions of fractios of seconds

"that inspired thoe unfortunately girl,

vivid daydreams

"that we tend to get when someone of

consequee invades our sight line.

"Meeting to growing

to marriage to famil,

"only a moment in real I,

but a lifetime in my min.

"It occurred to me that at some point,

he's going to get me.

"My social status as the

beautiful and educated

"but not intensey Christian one

"affords me certain

permissis in behavior.

"I can stand closer to peop,

"breastfeed my son or anyone

else's child in the open air,

"and stare at people withot seeming

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