1 little, 2 little geishas...

now there are only 2 left.

i think there were once 7 - maybe even 9?

the geisha figurines i bought at THE Art on Lark with Heath. it wasn't actually Art on Lark (same day, slightly "out-of-bounds" location) but a rummage sale across from the shops on Hamilton Street.

i think this might be when we met Gari-Lynn and Richard.

or did Heath already know Richard? i guess i actually did too, from the night Conon tried to deliver him to me in Colonie.

regardless - my point is that the 2 that are left are from BEFORE.

before 9/11.

before Mike died.

before the BID.

before Lola.

everything is so very different now.

these days i look at the 2 figurines, each encased in their glass dome and balanced on top of the TV that i use for video games, and i pretend they are mini-statues of Heath & I, timeless and preserved for the sake of posterity.