deconstruct

She chooses inconsequential because of the narrow door inviting her to step out of the cold, the lure of belonging in the arms of the preposition. The proposition is followed quickly by the list of reasons not to go, though, once you've sunk your savings on a share of the Brooklyn Bridge; and the looming image of the man behind bars who tattoos his arms and waits to add ex to his title. The sparkling suspense of the order of things -- how they're related and what comes next-- pushes her on to the conclusion: a quick, painless end to a million different beginnings.