“They found the biggest tortoise in the world in South America today,” you said, massaging the tender knot at the back of my neck with one hand removing your boots with the other. “They had to get a lorry or something to remove it, imagine that.” I said nothing, thinking of all of the things you understand and all of the things you don’t like how I will love you forever but probably from afar not in the way you want and how you’ll find somebody new to be with. It’s only fair. Maybe he or she will have tightness in the neck a passion for useless facts the power to stick around and really, I
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