“What a busy week.”
“Yeah, it got a little out of hand.”
“What are you working on right now, what are you writing? We’re having our editorial board meeting in front of everyone while I cook.”
“I’m working on a piece about how old you are. And how young I am, in contrast.”
“Well, I was gonna write some porn in response to your porn, but somehow I got fixated on Henry Miller and Anais Nin instead. Maybe that ties into your piece – he was twelve years older than she was, something like that.”
“Yeah, I know. I’m reading Henry and June for the first time, after your suggestion, if insistence can be called suggestion. But I am enjoying it. Moreso than maybe I should.”
“I’m glad. What do you mean by moreso?”
“It wasn’t what I expected. It’s very poetic. It makes me realize that a lot of erotica today, by comparison, is sadly lacking.”
“Not if we can help it.”
“Heh.”
“I read Henry and June many years ago and felt it deeply; I had forgotten how deeply. Opening it again, I am blown away all over again, only now with half a life of knowledge to understand it better. So maybe you’re writing about Henry and Anais too.”
“Things parallel – I am actually inspired by a conversation I had with a friend about the finer points of older men.”
“I’m glad to know there are some.”
“There are many.”
“Although I am the youngest older man you’ll ever meet.”
True. Maybe I should consider myself very lucky?”
“Maybe. Who do you think we are? In terms of an age gap, obviously I am Henry and you are Anais, but in terms of experience maybe we are both Henry?”
“No. I am definitely Anais in terms of our dynamic. Which you will get to read about soon enough.”
“Well, I won’t repeat how embarrassed I get when you brag about me, so I’ll just say I’m looking forward to reading it.”
“Oh, it’ll be embarrassing.”
“Great.”
“But I’m looking forward to seeing what you are going to say about Henry and Anais that hasn’t been said before.”
“I’m going to post one or two worshipful things about them, and then I’m going to pay you back with reciprocal porn.”
“You do owe me some porn.”
“I owe you some porn. Life – and other things that I wanted to talk about, such as #metoo – keep getting in the way.”
“And with limited time comes easy distraction. So now I’m frantically typing this with breakfast in front of me before I sprint off to work.”
“It’s nice that work has been busy, but I miss my writing time. I’m looking forward to finding the balance.”
“Well, we are going to have to carve out the time. Relationships take work, and this one is more important than the jobs we are running off to. I will leave this for you to post.”
“Consider it done.”
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