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             PROTEIN SHAKES, LOSING YOUR HEARING AFTER A CONCERT & STARING TOO LONG INTO THE SUN

              STORMY NIGHTS SPENT STARGAZING INSIDE A CAR AND LONGING FOR THE UNKNOWN

              THE TITTILATION OF A SUMMER’S NIGHT, SCATTERED ROSE PETALS AND LINGERING PERFUME AND BOISTERUOUS LAUGHTER BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS.

               NEVER LIVING UP TO YOUR POTENTIAL, CIGARETTE BUTTS, AND DULL EYES.

                A GRAVE DECORATED WITH WHITE FLOWERS, BLACK COFFEE WAY TOO EARLY IN THE MORNING AND A PHOTOBOOK FULL OF PURPOSEFULLY FORGOTTEN MEMORIES TUCKED AWAY ON A BOOKSHELF.

                WORNOUT VANS SNEAKERS, THE SCRAPE OF SKATEBOARD WHEELS ON PAVEMENT AND OBSCURE BANDS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF.

                  A COLLECTION OF NOTEBOOKS FILLED FROM FRONT TO BACK, THE FAINT WHISPERS FROM THE FOREST CALLING YOU HOME, AND WARM LAUGHTER FILLING THE AIR BETWEEN GOOD COMPANY.

                NAPPING & FORGETTING THE WORLD UNDER SUNBEAMS, THE FEELING OF DEEPDIVING INTO UNKNOWN WATERS, AND LOOKING UP AT THE STARS IN HOPES OF SOMETHING MORE.

                 FRESH RAIN AGAINST COLD STONE, RAVEN WINGS & SCRAPED KNEES.

                 FRESHLY BAKED COOKIES OUT OF THE OVEN, BRUSH PRESSED AGAINST A CERAMIC MUG & A BOUQUET OF FRESH PEONIES AND DAHLIAS.

                  ROSE-TINTED GLASSES, JOLTING AWAKE WHEN YOU DOZE OFF & FIGURING OUT WHO YOU ARE IN YOUR TWENTY-SOMETHINGS.

                  SOFT-SPOKEN WORDS UNDER THE MOONLIGHT, THE SMELL OF FLOWERS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING AND THE WARMTH OF THE SUN ON A CHILLY DAY.

                   THE SMELL OF AIR AFTER IT RAINS, FRESHLEY BAKED SWEETS AND A MOTHER CAT TAKING CARE OF THEIR LITTLE ONES.

                   WISE WORDS FROM AN OLD SOUL, WAKING UP BEFORE THE ALARM GOES OFF A WORN-OUT LEATHER JACKET AND RUSTING DOG TAGS.

                   FLECKS OF WAX STUCK UNDER NAILS, SCRUBBING, SCRUBBING, SCRUBBING, AND SOAP SUDS SLIPPING DOWN THE DRAIN.

                   RED LIPSTICK SMUDGED FROM A DAY’S WEAR AND FINGERS CROSSED IN SECRET.

                   FINGERTIPS COATED WITH LEFTOVER MOCHI FLOUR, THE TINKLING OF HAND-MADE WIND CHIMES, AND PLAYING MUSIC SPECIFICALLY FOR DOGS.