Herakles makes a low sound and moves his head on the pillow, slowly opens his eyes. He starts. Geryon what’s wrong? Jesus I hate it when you cry. What is it? Geryon thinks hard. I once loved you, now I don’t know you at all. He does not say this. I was thinking about time—he gropes— you know how apart people are in time together and apart at the same time—stops. Herakles wipes tears from Geryon’s face with one hand. Can’t you ever just fuck and not think? Herakles gets out of bed and goes into the bathroom. Then he comes back and stands at the window a long while. By the time he returns to the
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