smileys are inadequate

the hope of knowing 'us' made me a little giddy. hope is like that, it cheats. this time though, it's end hasn't dealt a fatal blow. it has wrought only a slight shift in focus. what matters is what you keep, from the many tableaux and dialoguettes and moving pictures and strains of music that we deal in, as the wheels turn, new actors, one after one after another. see, it's true that some experiences always remain sweeter than others :-)