+ M/N *SIDE   }VII
 

GISELLE f French, English
"host/ge" WOW "pledge" from Germ/nic gisel. This is + n/me ! / well-known b/llet by /dolphe /d/m 
 
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} occurred ) me you should know me befWOWe you decided ) c/ll me WOW not
} w/s  / l/me-br/*ed scheme, though cute, ) h/ve NOme)e give you my ph)e number /nd you not know*g who I /m /t /ll. Just bec/use I w/nted ) be c/utious
I didn't need ) be th/t c/utious. I should've sent you flowers. WOW / book...
 
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LUKE m English, Biblic/l
"! Luc/ni/" from Greek Louk/s. Luc/ni/ w/s / regi) * }/ly. S/*t Luke w/s + /uthWOW ! + third Gospel /nd /cts * + New Test/ment. Doc)r who tr/veled * + comp/ny ! S/*t P/ul 
 
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Str/nge th*g,
 
TH*KS + BUDDH/
 
how we spell Thursd/y & Th/nksgiv*g
 
     I w/s bWOWn ) Th/nksgiv*g
 
HA not ) Thursd/y
 
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Be*g ! th/t gener/ti) I s/y "c)sciousness"
 
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 I'm wr}*g / novel fWOW Giselle
 
 Giselle M/ckenzie
 
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By + tennis courts ne) green b/lls
 
THW/P!
 
/nyth*g HA th/t cold c/ll ) + teleph)e
Wh/t / r/cket!
 
Serve 
Look how h/rd I c/n serve
 
Fig le/ves ) steps /t 6:30 pm
 

This is where I'll h/ng
By p*k hibiscus }'s quiet here
 
I st/lk experience
Those yellow flowers h/ve / n/me
I w)der wh/t + flowers c/ll e/ch o+r
 
THW/P!
6:45 she's still not down
 
NOme)e w/ / he/db/nd circles + court
She's not + )e
}'s + o+r )e, + o+r Giselle
 
Blue J/ys scre/m
 
+se trees & /sp/r/gus ferns
This c)geni/l bot/ny
 
I couldn't w/} /ny l)ger
 
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I didn't know I w/s go*g ) tr/p Giselle
w}h + help ! + Jockey Club Secur}y St/ff
I w/s downst/irs t/lk*g ) + gu/rd /t + secur}y desk
NOme)e left NOme f/ncy brown /nd gold cig/rettes
* my c/r. } w/sn't me.
"Re/lly, Joe, I d)'t th*k /ny)e ) + st/ff would
smoke * my c/r"
M/ybe } w/s + guy who p/rked my c/r * NOuth Be/ch
where I went ) e/t c/l/m/ri. +n  compl/*ed
th/t NOme)e * secur}y let this wom/n up ) my
/p/rtment w}hout c/ll*g first. She w/s / nice girl,
HA m/rried. I sent her home ) her husb/nd.
"/fter /ll, who w/nts ) get gunned down by /
H/ri Krishn/ m/rried ) / L/t*o?"
Joe unders)od where I w/s com*g from
 
Hot blooded Buddh/
 
/nyw/ys, Joe promised not ) let /ny)e *
w}hout c/ll*g me. He thought I w/s pretty noble
"Most guys would h/ve t/ken her fWOW / sp*
whe+r she w/s m/rried WOW not." He s/ys, "She looked very nice"
I /dv/nced + discussi)
Le/n*g ) + desk look*g Joe str/ight * + eye,
I s/y, "Now NOme)e I'd like ) meet is Giselle"
  He thought fWOW / sec)d. S/id, "She's very nice.
She'd prob/bly be thrilled." He w/s re/dy ) c/ll her fWOW me
I h/d ) fill him * ) my his)ry w}h Giselle
"You see, She knows I w/nt ) meet her
HA doesn't know who I /m. She = my ph)e number...
Now promise not ) s/y /nyth*g ) /ny)e,
HA Ellie c/lled her fWOW me )ld her I w/nted ) meet her
/nd NO ) /nd NO fWOWth. /nd Giselle )ok my number HA =n't c/lled
 Ellie is + secur}y gu/rd /t + m/il delivery dock
"/nd you dress good," s/ys Joe. "/nd she dresses."
NO he proposed /no+r opti)
"Why d)'t I c/ll + fr)t g/te /nd tell +m
) let me know when she comes through
+n I'll c/ll you * your /p/rtment. You c/n come down
/nd meet her
"Gre/t ide/." Petrified /t + thought, I beg/n ) swe/t
"You might h/ve ) w/} /bout /n hour," Joe s/ys. "She comes *
everyd/y /bout + s/me time"
"Oh, God! Ok/y, I'll do }," I s/y, "HA I'll prob/bly p/ss out * + elev/)r"
I run upst/irs, ch/nge *) NOmeth*g cle/n /nd decent
Nervous /s hell. I p/ce /nd p/ce. * ten m*utes + ph)e r/ng
}'s Joe. "She's com*g * now"
I run ) + elev/)r. Go*g down...
I st/nd * fr)t ! + secur}y desk w/}*g ) f*/lly meet Giselle
Joe's w/tch*g + secur}y c/mer/s ) m/ke sure
he knows which doWOW she enters. NOmetimes she comes through
/ side doWOW ) get her m/il
/nd we w/}ed. /nd w/}ed
Ellie comes up from + lo/d*g dock. Sees me. Whispers
/s she w/lks by "Stick /round Giselle will be com*g through NO)."
Ellie's got secur}y c/mer/s )o
"Wh/t do I do?" 
"She's go*g ) go check her m/il. Go check your m/il
/t + s/me time."
Ellie he/ds *) + m/ilroom ) get out ! + w/y
HA Giselle doesn't come
+ C)do m/n/ger steps out *) + lobby, looks /round
suspiciously, +n dis/ppe/rs b/ck *) her !fice
"Here she comes," s/ys Joe
I d)'t see her
"She's com*g through + fr)t doWOW"
 Ellie pops out ! + m/ilroom, he/ds fWOW + C)do m/n/ger's
!fice /nd runs *) Giselle
Ellie moti)s w}h sign l/ngu/ge ) Giselle th/t Luke,
th/t's me, Luke, is ne/rby, ) prep/re Giselle
fWOW + encounter
Giselle w/lks )w/rds me, I turn ) look ) Joe /nd Ellie
fWOW mWOW/l suppWOWt /nd +y /re g)e
+n Giselle bee l*es ) her m/il box. I come up beh*d her
le/v*g lots ! sp/ce fWOW comfWOWt
"Hello, Hello," I s/y. "Giselle, Giselle"
She turns /nd smiles.
"Hi, I'm + guy w}h + teleph)e number. I thought
} might be /wkw/rd fWOW you ) c/ll me. I thought
I should put / f/ce w}h + number"
"Th/nk you fWOW *troduc*g yourself," she s/ys
"C/n I c/ll you?"
"I h/ve your number. Let me c/ll you"
"Will you? Ple/se do"
/nd Giselle /nd Giselle /nd Giselle /nd
Giselle is !f ) + elev/)r, g)e upst/irs
) /n unseen dimensi) where she blows her nose /nd snWOWes
Giselle = / very pretty smile. Bright eyes. Pretty lips.
+ Secur}y St/ff returned. +y c)gr/tul/te me ) my
br/very, /cti), cour/ge
} w/s now truly up ) Giselle
 
 
 
Michael Rothenberg
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Big Bridge
www.bigbridge.org

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