She said: which tells you something about who’s running the list.
I said: yes.
I said: all right.
She said: all right?
I said: let’s go.
She said: good.
She said: wear something good.
I said: I own a fitness studio. I own good things.
She said: I know. I’m just. Wear something very good.
I said: yes.
I said: Alison.
She said: yes.
I said: thank you for calling.
She said: I almost didn’t. I thought maybe you’d rather not
know.
I said: no.
She said: no?
I said: I’d rather know.
She said: yes.
She said: I thought you probably would.
I wore the black dress.
I want to tell you about the black dress because clothes are not trivial.
Clothes are the thing you put on your body to tell the world something about who you are and what you think of yourself.