In October 1994 I discovered the Personals ‘You caught my eye’ section of the Washington Post classifieds. Many of them seemed haiku-ish, and I copied some of them down. Today I happened across them and noticed that they are very tweet-like – trying to pack a lot into a small space. I guess with hash-tags (for date and location), we can have twitter personals. (Is anyone using it for that?)
Here they are:
You dropped a dime, at Union
Station. I picked it up 4 you.
Please do call.
You: Brown curly hair
& goatee. Were we both shy?
Want to meet.
Forrest Mall, 10/8. You: Exotic,
Dark, M., dropped cinnabun on
me.
Flower Hill Giant, Sunday A.M.,
10/17. You: Pretty, petite &
blonde, forgot lettuce for taco.
Me: tall, same check-out line.
Can we talk?
Friday, 10/22 Tysons.
Shared glances. You: denim
shirt & tie. Me: denim
shirt & 3 male friends.
You left in a red convertible.
I didn’t have the nerve to say hi.
Coffee?
100 Trillion Connections 
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