for our assignment, we had to take ourselves out on a date. i went to a flower shop named in the garden & bought myself a bouquet of wilting daisies everyone else turned down & i attached a love note from myself to read later. i went up the street to water witch coffee & picked up two danishes only i would be eating, & before dinner, no less. i made a pot of coffee big enough for four & i stood outside, mug perched in hand, staring into the thin, winter-bare forest in my backyard. for what, i must admit i’m not entirely certain. i’m no longer searching for reasons or explanations for the past.
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