A man enjoys dropping into the life of his own younger self to spend time with his own lover’s younger self while his younger self is not at home.
I always prepared by losing a pound or two, colouring my hair a bit and exercising, even using make-up to look younger than my late 60s, so that she would notnotice in the dim light of the apartment at night. Nearsighted and in bed, it would help that she would not be wearing glasses.

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  1. “Lookback” by George Zebrowski, in Nature, 27 March 2014.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by George Zebrowski