You wished that on your comings and goings, someone would leave frangipani flowers behind,
someone would carve the first letter of your name on every tree in a playful madness,
someone would smear mustard oil in their hair like Dukhu Mia and curl it along their nose,
and write on the wall in bold letters: “A pinch of love, Flower.”
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Someone found you—
the boy standing in front of your house with flowers lost you,
the timid boy who carved your initial on trees lost you,
the boy with a Dukhu Mia-style curl along his nose lost you,
even the boy who sent seven love emojis on your Facebook story lost you.
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To love is to be shameless,
and when two hearts are equally shameless, that is perfect love.
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The boy fell deeply in love,
and the girl… received a toy doll.
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