Forever January

While curled up together in the middle of Mr Brightside’s bed, he said, “You know, I once dated a girl who’s uncle had a heart attack from Viagra.”

“What? Really?”

“Yeah. Strange old man — I met him only once.”

Laughter and then a short string of silence.

I turn, look him dead in the eye with an impish grin on my face and say, “It makes you wonder how things were when rigor mortis set in.”

“Ooooohh! Why’d you have to say that? I KNEW you were going to say that! Gaaaah! You have such a dirty mind! And you just can’t turn it off or keep it to yourself, can you?”

“Nope. Can’t turn it off for one second. But really now, what do you think…”