The first night Stephen and I slept together, he whispered numbers into my ear: long, high numbers — distances between planets, seconds in a life. He spoke as if they were poetry, and they became poetry. Later, when he fell asleep, I leaned over him and watched, trying to picture a mathematician's dreams. I concluded that Stephen must dream in abstract, cool designs like Mondrian paintings.

The Half You Don't Know: Selected Stories (ed. Open Road Media, 2012) - ISBN: 9781453250365