Less

by Andrew Sean Greer

He kisses—how do I explain it? Like someone in love. Like he has nothing to lose. Like someone who has just learned a foreign language and can use only the present tense and only the second person. Only now, only you.

he is probably the type to turn and look at you while he is driving.

Is the sun a failure because it’s going to end in a billion years? No, it’s the fucking sun.