Once Parted, the Spring Never Returns

Six years together, and Marlin Carr and I only ever slept together. We never kissed. He wouldn't share a set of dishes with me, wouldn't eat from the same slice of cake, and even at home he insisted on separate serving utensils. Because, he said, the mouth is one of the parts of the human body with the highest density of bacteria. So I kept up with regular dental care, ate a bland diet, and worked out harder.