lap•i•dar•y /lápideree/ adj. & n.

1. concerned with stone or stones.
2. (of writing style) dignified and concise, suitable for inscriptions.
3. (n.) a cutter, polisher, or engraver of gems.

She fusses with her dress a bit and sings the opening lines from Black Swan. When she floats over to what's left of the sofa and rests beside me, she sets to work her lapidary imagination and walks her transparent fingers across my thigh. Fingers like tines breaking apart my meatloaf dreams.