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I’ve been on her doorstep for hours
“the neighbors?”
we crawl into bed
I put batteries between my teeth
to
to
keep myself up
she laughs
and I wake the neighbors

she says goodbye with a slap
my roommate wakes up
because I slammed her against his door
so I scrawl a “sorry” on the fridge
and we keep avoiding eye contact
her, him
me too

she gave me cigarettes with a ribbon
but I still haven’t met her father