“When I nodded, he peeled the clothes from my body and let the sweat dry on my skin. Then he pulled off his undershirt and shucked off his pants and covered me. It hurt, when he moved between my legs. When he pushed inside of me. I didn’t understand what all the fuss was about, why the poets wrote sonnets about this moment, why Penelope had waited for Odysseus, why knights rode off to battle with ribbons from their lovers wrapped around the hilts of their swords. And then, I understood. My heart, batting like a moth under my rib cage, slowed to match the beat of his. I could sense the blood in his veins moving with mine, like the inevitable chorus of a song. I was different, with him, transformed from ugly duckling to snowy swan. I was, for a minute, the girl of someone’s dreams. I was a reason to stay alive.”
餘頷首，示其剝吾衣裙。餘香汗淋漓，任其風幹。其遂褪衫脫褲，將吾裹於身下。其於吾兩股間遊移，餘感痛甚。其入吾身時，餘茫然不知此頓忙活皆是為何。文人墨客緣何為此刻賦詩良多，女神緣何日夜企盼男神歸國，騎士征戰沙場，緣何將劍柄用知己絲絛纏裹。須臾，餘遂頓悟。餘心猶如困於肋骨所製牢籠之飛蛾，胡飛亂撞，繼之緩緩與其心跳相合。餘可覺其脈內血流，與吾脈內血流融合，猶如一首命中注定合唱曲歌。與其同在，餘已脫胎換骨，原本醜小鴨一隻，而今變成了大白天鵝。轉瞬之間，餘已成為某君之夢中人也。餘不再去尋死覓活。
