Almost a year ago, a Yale woman met a Naval Academy man for tacos in the Phoenix desert. Against all statistical probability, they liked each other.
Soon there were cocktails, games, cozy nights at home, and enough chemistry to create a minor weather event. Then she anonymously wrote about him on Reddit. Naturally, the observant former officer found it, recognized himself, and contacted her, leaving her completely mortified.
She swore she would never write about him publicly again.
So, on his birthday, she submitted this anonymous story instead.
Apparently, she still has a pretty serious crush on him.
Kept 'Yale' or 'naval'? They say which woman and which officer, and he knows which. 'Anonymous' is how she kept the vow and broke it at once.
Today's sentence is from S, for R.
Every word, accounted for
HavingA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
swornThe vow. The work before, not what she did about it.
afterA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
theA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
RedditWhere the first post went. Old news, and hers.
postThe old one. This story is the new one.
neverPart of the vow.
toA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
writeWhat she swore off. She found another way.
aboutA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
himA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
publiclyThe word the vow turned on. She kept it, sort of.
againGoes with never.
theA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
mortifiedHow she felt. You cannot check a feeling.
YaleSays which woman. He knows which.
womanWho did it.
submittedWhat she did.
anA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
anonymousHow she kept the vow and broke it at once. The news.
birthdaySays which story, and why now.
storyThe thing itself. You are reading it.
aboutA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
theA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
observantHer word for him. Decoration, and a tease.
navalSays which officer. He knows which.
officerWho it is about, but not who did it.
insteadInstead of Reddit. The vow again.