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He ripped my book out of my hands and inhaled deeply. “There’s nothing like that smell, is there?” he said and smiled. My mouth was hanging open and I tried to talk but stammered out “that’s my favorite” and grabbed my book back. He told me I looked like a bird. I stared at him with a mad curiosity and he said “you know like a tyenee frail bird,” in his French accent and smiled.

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 Later he told me how I made him feel the stars.

I looked up.

“Just like them, you see?”

and I watched them all spiraled together. 

It just didn’t make any sense and the more I try to figure it out the more I can’t. There are just some people who make you feel deep. And you won’t ever see them coming.

 

 

El Mar

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