An Intrinsic Exquisite

buried

"I see the buried man."

"Which he cannot himself see."

"Yes."

"Which he punishes you for when you do contact him."

"Yes."

"Oh, you are hopeless. Stubborn cow."

"Women fall in love with their fathers."

"Your father was tall."

"And much more deeply buried."

"Buried alive?"

"Yes."

"Am I?"

"What?"

"Buried?"

"Oh, no."

"Thank God."

"Am I?"

"I think you are trying to bury yourself with this man and your friends are horrified. Can't you release yourself somehow?"

"I have tried. I have wished it many times and stayed away from him for weeks, then months, then even years, but the feelings, though they ebb, flow."