Back at the gym today, I ran into Salesman again. He told me he loved me the other day which was… I don’t know. It surprised me but not. How do you love someone who has done nothing but reject you for months?

Not sure what he was talking about I did not respond and he did not elaborate. But anyway, he came in and again there was a gal working out on the machine next to me and the machine on the other side of my broken. And again when he emerged from the locker room, she was gone so he hopped on the machine next to me and asked me if I really had a man.

“Some women just tell you that,” he said.

Well I don’t have a man at the moment, but I sure as hell did back when I said I did. Back when I jumped down his throat, I mean.

“Do I look like a liar?” I asked. “So you think I may be a liar? Well, you’re wrong about that,” I said.

He nodded and I saw no reason to update my situation. I am not looking for a man. Absolutely not. And it’s really none of his business.

“I was going to ask you if you wanted to see that movie… Apocalypto.”

I laughed. There’s the Mars Saturn violence, right? But it’s bigger than that. I saw one of my favorite movies of all time, Apocalypse Now, with the soldier, back in the day. I just shook my head. Astrology is something else.

“That’s a freakishly violent movie,” I said. “Yuck.”

“It’s supposed to be good.”

“Yeah, right.”

I quit talking. He did not. He told me which day he was leaving his job, to move states. I happen to know the soldier is leaving his job as well… on the exact same day. I smiled.

“See how fast the time goes when I’m talking to you,” he said, indicating the timer on the crosstrainer.

“Yep,” I said. I vividly recall working out with the soldier, 30 years ago. We used to do our sit-ups together.

“That’s because we’re soulmates,” he said.

“Soulmates?”

“Yeah. Soulmates.”

“Well that’s funny. You think we’re soulmates? You’re leaving town.”

“It’s only 1000 miles away.”

I laughed. “I think you’re crazy.”

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