"Our love can destroy this whole fucking world."

Its a line from the end of Tetsuo: The Iron Man.

I saw it for the first time in an art house with a live rescore by Lauren Bousfield.

She idled outside the venue after the film. It was the only time I've ever felt star struck.

I told her my legal name. It tasted like antiseptic leaving my tongue.

Time stopped for a minute that night. I exposed to her my chosen name.

She's the first stranger I ever told.

"Names change," she said.

"It's what they do."

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