Perfect

the lady with the perfect body showed up at the pool again this morning

I didn't think anyone really looked like that. 

 

she keeps to herself 

I can't decide if she is stuck up or shy.

 

perhaps shy. 

 

I say hello

she smiles and says hello back.

 

she works remotely from home for an insurance company 

her voice has notes of bored sarcasm in it

as if she's sick of people thinking she is flawless and beautiful.

 

I got up at 4AM for decades, she said, it would be nice to sleep in.

 

she gets out and buries her face in her yellow towel

slowly dries off like a cat

and vanishes.