by Susie Bright

If You Are Already Lovers

1. Tell your lover, in detail, what you want to do to them
2. Remind your lover, in detail, what the two of you did the last time you were in bed
3. Describe your lover's body like you just saw it for the very first time
4. Talk about how hard/wet/frustrated you are writing this letter

If You Are Not Yet Lovers, but More Than Acquaintances

1. Make an intimate observation
2. Tell a secret about yourself
3. Talk about how hard/wet/frustrated you are writing this fucking letter
4. Don't chicken out! Send it

The Three Best Love Letters I Ever Got

I got out all these letters and read them again before I wrote themdown. It occurred to me that all of them have elements of frustratedlonging, and sadness--that was the tragic part and the hot part all atthe same time.

1. My 18 year old boyfriend was in boot camp. He sent me a piece ofpaper with nothing on it but his name, a heart, and his dried semencrinkling up the page.
2. My married lover had just signed a new "relationship contract" withhis wife, promising to end their non-monogamous open agreement, and tonever see me or touch me again. He wrote me a letter about how everyday at work and all night, all he could do was think about me and mypussy and how he was going to go crazy if he couldn't fuck me again.
3. My girlfriend left the country and a trail of tears behind her. Ayear later, on my birthday, which she had never remembered before, Igot a postcard from her, in Spanish. I nearly tore my dictionary aparttrying to translate it. Half way through I realized, it wasn't herwords, it was Roy Orbison:

� 2002 Susie Bright