[ crossing paths . ]

he has the tools to be the best goddamn womanizing machine:

an actor, good looking, a rhetoric major in college...

he admits if he wanted to, he could sell you a used car, and ive seen him do it.

game over, man.

naturally curious, i cant tell if im holding something in my hand or looking at a verbal painting.  it bothers me like a small pebble in my left shoe, but i knock it aside so that i can keep on walking. because mirage or not, i cant deny that ive had a good time the past few days. and more or less, i hope he can see past my skin.

what i do know for sure is that he, too, is like the wind. little stubs of marlboro lights or lucky strikes litters the trail behind him. he brought the rain to southern california because he heard that there will be a future drought in los angeles. the talk of good quality art over money makes a true, bohemian artist. he talks about his good friend, mary jane, and their creative collaberations. he eats like a bird, but drinks like a fish. he likes to reside on highland park 18, preferably neat or one to two cubes ice. his fingers are like little pads because his nails are worn to nubs. you can google him but its not the same as spending a night of reckless, binge drinking. nine inch nails gives him a gold star in my book. jeans, trucker hats, tshirts are home base. he misses mexican food because mediocre $25 burritos are bullshit. his voice is pretty, whether carrying  a conversation or a tune. he thinks robert downey jr is the man. science of sleep and eternal sunshine of the spotless mind -- michel gondry is amazing. he smiles with his eyes. he and i are both extremely fond of his older brother, his partner, and their artsy apartment filled with trinkets and whipped, yellow custard chairs. during his limited stay in california, he still made some elbow room for a stranger he met almost a year ago, who tried to pick him up at a film festival.

illusion or not, i cant deny these things. i also cant deny that i wish him well on his journey, and that if and when he returns, he han pick up where the progress of a friendship left off.