I used to solve equations easily. If train A left Sioux Falls at nine o'clock, traveling at a fixed rate, I knew when it would meet train B. Now I wonder if the trains will crash; or else I picture naked limbs through Pullman windows, each a small vignette of longing.

In: Ernest Robson and Jet Wimp - Against Infinity - Algebra (p. 50), Primary Press, Parker Ford, Pennsylvania, USA. 1979