The Ordinary Texture

“Together: compile the dictionary of us.”

“Pick our most durable in-joke and write its origin story — properly, with sources.”

“Together: draw the map of our places.”

“What are our rituals — the repeated things we do without ever calling them rituals?”

“Together: write the menu of us.”

“If someone had to do an impression of me, what would they need?”

“Which songs are welded to this friendship — and what exactly are they welded to?”

“Compile the official register of things borrowed, given and never returned.”

“Describe an ordinary day we've spent together — no occasion, nothing special — in as much detail as you can manage.”

“State, for the permanent record, your side of our longest-running pointless argument.”

“How do we greet each other — and how do we say goodbye?”

“Together: choose the photograph of us you both love — and stick it here.”

“Describe one a.m. us versus eight a.m. us.”

“Where does the comfortable silence happen?”