:18:17
Little Lise, I'm going away!
:18:20
First to the coast,
and then we'll see.
:18:22
One single change
can bring about a total change.
:18:25
One severed bond
can sever all others.
:18:28
It's like a crime,
and I'm the killer.
:18:31
I left my gun at the scene
of the crime...
:18:34
but you must be wiped clean
of my prints.
:18:36
I know your youth will preserve
your puzzled incomprehension.
:18:40
That's good.
:18:42
I'm off.
:18:43
Lise, don't wait for time
to pass. Forget me at top speed.
:18:47
Sleep with boys and with men.
:18:50
I remember your first drawing.
:18:53
One of your best.
With the title--
:18:55
"When a girl spreads her legs...
:18:57
"her secrets fly away
like butterflies."
:18:59
But no lovemaking
without precautions.
:19:02
Lise, I won't see
or touch you again...
:19:05
as long as life hasn't wiped
my fingerprints from you.
:19:09
Forget me, be wonderful.
:19:12
I kiss you, Lise, I truly do.
:19:14
Forever and never, Alex.
:19:18
P.S.
:19:19
I enclose the keys to the bike.
It's yours now.