V's Version

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As Mother Theresa, as Ciderella, as Ann Bonney, as Shakespeare’s Katherine, as Annie Oakley, as Cindy Loo Who, as a Russian mail-order bride, as a mechanic’s dream car, as a puma, with mango, in bubble wrap, as a circus carney, laughing, in two tents, in 5 states, in Penn Station, in an airplane, in a taxi, in 3 cars, in a trailer, in a truck cab outside the crafts area at noon, on a picnic table, at work, with chocolate, in 5 bathrooms plus 4 bathroom stalls, at the doctor’s office, very quietly, 13 times in one three day weekend, in Governor Arnold Schwartzeneger’s office, behind Day Stage, in a trenchcoat, in the woods, very loudly, in the stairwell, in pricey real estate, in 7 bedrooms, with needles, at a Beltane ritual, while hooked up to an infusion pump, as a nurse, taking dictation, on a spider web, as a dancer, as a patient, wrapped in rope, covered in liquid, as a merchant’s daughter, as a carney’s daughter, as a farmer’s daughter, as Jeremy, in the mirror, with fingernails, while dancing, as a catholic school girl, while chanting, in an art museum, as a Fed-ex package. as a dolly, as a financial planner, as a stone butch, with hot oil, as a fairy, as a prisoner, as a washer/dryer saleswoman, in candlelight, as a florist delivery girl, as a soda fountain customer, for the truckers, for the steel workers, as V, as Viper, as Vivian, as Valencia, as Valerie, as Victoria, as a vampire’s victim, as a valentine, as a pony, as a goat, as a dog, as a cow, as a camel, as a beetle, by the fire, in two lofts, in a hammock, on the phone, over the internet, with cooking utensils, under the fireworks, with love, always with love.