the woman next to me is scraping the last bite of her strawberry donut along the square of parchment paper it came with. it is unclear whether she is scooping abandoned frosting, or depositing unwanted frosting.Â
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a girl I knew in college woke up three inches taller
and it took her twelve days to notice
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a girl I meet a year from now is falling asleep
to the sounds of a party
her head on a lap, on a couch, on a soft clean rug
her feet tucked into someone else’s bed
bright noises dimmed
by a heavy door
she is so, so sleepy
she is so, so at ease
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the woman in line behind me is checking herself for ticks, weighing the risk of lyme disease with the agony of having to meet her own stomach.
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two girls
2,438.89 mi and 17 years apart
look up at a night sky,
squint through thick air
for ceiling tiles,
and remember each other
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<3 Jordan
Lovely