Origami

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Fold fingers around hands, captured, held, enclosed in embrace. Tell friend to look away; kiss, giggle. Drunken stupor utterances. Without worry; lie down, kiss, fall asleep. Sober awakening, kiss, put Bacardi back in bag. Awkward eye contact, kiss, go home.

Become perfect square. Be gathered into arms. Become something beautiful: a crane, a cat, a dragon. Two hearts. Awkward eye contact, kiss, leave room.

Turn. Encapsulate feelings in playlist. Wait four to six business days.

Turn. Resist spilling tears, the word, the Bacardi. Look forward two days. Take sleeping medication. Hope you don't wake up until Thursday. Wake up anyways.

Thursday smiles. Sleep two nights on the same couch. Down bottles of Mike's Hard Lemonade both nights. Pet four cats. Saturday smiles. Kiss, go home, sleep for fourteen hours.

Origami illness. Uncertain sight. Bird base desire. Mountain fold well-wishes. Vally fold "can I get you anything?" Petal fold "please rest." Crease along ich vermisse sie. 

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