Twitching With Erwin

I first met him when I was only sixty-eight. I was in the craft store carrying a pack of gum when he zipped in. He was wearing a pink burqa, which caught my attention right away. It really accentuated his thigh, but I pretended not to notice.

I was about to set the pack of gum down when he scampered beside me. I guess he startled me, and I clumsily dropped the pack of gum right by his feet. We both bent over to pick it up. It was one of those awkward moments, and we both began to twitch.

After stumbling apologies, he asked me to go to the office supply store for a Bloody Mary. I accepted, and our relationship took off from there. We didn't even know each other's names yet.

At the office supply store, I learned that his name was Erwin, and that he was an editor. This was fascinating to me, coming from my career as a mathematician.

I guess it was love at first twitch. Some might say we had spinning wheels in our eyes, but we felt we were perfect for each other. He was four years younger than I, but the age difference didn't matter to us. Even today, we are still twitching for each other.