OK Cupid

“Do you like to listen to music during sex?” The website is asking me. I tick ‘no’. I think, who is listening to music during sex? I feel sorry for them. An old boyfriend of mine used to put music on before we had sex. It was how I knew he was about to pin me to the sofa. We were always drunk. I took his prescription medication. With his blessing, of course.

Eli Goldstone writes about dreams and drinking. Her work has most recently been featured in Jawbreakers: An Anthology of Flash Fiction and she co-edits the handmade literary journal The Poor Press.