Lake Lewisia #826

There is another version of your house somewhere, made of all the little things you've lost or thrown away or had stolen--the couch cushion coins and the dropped backs of earrings and the pens people borrowed just for a minute. There is another version of you somewhere, made of all the little things you've lost or thrown away or had stolen--the conviction you can fly and the promise of your youth and your attention for just a minute. One day, she will buy this other house with couch coins and the back wages from skipped breaks, and she will spend your wasted time sipping hot chocolate in the window seat.

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LL#826