hoping to find interesting others of their praenomens. But the only people that are there are Deirdre who is holding a derringer on Deborah & muttering imprecations of what will happen to her if she keeps on playing around with Deirdre’s boyfriend Drew.
Desire & Dread walk into another bar, & this time Dread enters first. All they find is a dromedary in the corner & a drunken sailor they don’t know what they should do with so early in the morning.
The third bar is depressing, the fourth bar downright drab. Deciding there is only a negative drawdown to be found in drifting through the debris left by the drinking deeds of other dreary denizens of the demimonde, they draw a line across this pursuit & instead visit more inspiring places.
Desire & Dread walk into a cupcake shop hand in hand. Desire pauses, then says to Dread. “We seem to be inexorably drawn to one another. Let’s publicly declare our love.” Dread looks across at Desire then moves closer & caresses their hand. “A delightful & dramatic idea,” they say. “Let’s drink to it without delay.”
Desire & Dread walk into a bar.