#a.anton

          “You’ll understand why storms are named after people.”

    “Chameleons don’t survive because they run faster than their predators. They survive because they can make their predators doubt their instincts and judgements. I’d rather be a chameleon than a cheetah.”

           “I liked my name pronounced by your lips in a grateful, happy accent.”

loose tobacco sprinkled atop scratched wooden tables; French words pressed against taciturn lips; cigarette scent clinging onto dark clothes; feathers gliding through the frigid winter air; musty smell of book pages laying under a film of dust; the sound of the traffic interrupted by shuffled pages; pillow subdued moans, sheets crumpled by fists; faint scent of blood on fingertips; curious eyes lazily marching over the faces of strangers; neon lights enveloping undulating bodies; the sound of a whistle echoing along bare walls.