absolution itsallinthewayyousayitdoesn't

Listens: "it should have been, you should have believed in me..."

miss

m
what's tearing you up right now?

j
i can't. i know you'll understand. you do, you know. it's something you do.

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m
thrill?

j
changes in the color of glass. "stanley and the magic pebble." yellow in michael's eyes. cheese stuck to the bottom of a macaroni-and-cheese microwave meal. paper heart, animated pigs, oh. paper umbrellas! the way he carries himself, his lips when he's not thinking about it, his eyes when he's looking away, the way he holds his book when he reads, jar-jar binks bandaids. his SHIRT!

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m
question?

j
i love you. (?)

/

m
wish?

j
i can't tell! emily reminded me that if i tell, it doesn't work.

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m
selfword?

j
stuck, young