Lincoln Howes

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“MADAME X” by Lincoln Howes

Submitted to Contest #242

Over the course of my 45 years, I’ve fallen in love three times. Once in high school, once with my wife Angela. And then, last night at the Met. I’m still not sure how it happened. Or even, if it happened. That’s why I’ve decided to create this record in my diary. Partly to get the sequence of events clear in my mind. And partly so I will remember every detail…of her. Virginie. Those eyes, deep enough to drown in. The toss of her head when she laughed - a sound like a delicate wind chime. The charge that ran through me like st...

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