March 29, 2026
he leaned on the wall; looked pretty cool i walked into a door like first day of school he asked my name; i said my dog’s instead then laughed so hard; i wished i were dead
i rehearsed what to say for a whole minute flat opened my mouth and said “i like your… hat” he had no hat on; just hair in his face i pointed at the sky; walked off into space
he flashed a grin; said “you look real nice” i said “you too” — and then i said it twice i laughed at a joke he hadn’t even told clapped and clapped; like a seal in the cold
knocked over my drink; tripped on flat ground forgot my own number when he came around my face went red; my brain went total bare he called it “adorable”; somehow, life’s fair
he texted that night; “you’re one of a kind” my nerdy little heart lost its entire mind turns out he liked the fumble and the weird said i was the disaster he’d always feared
he means it in the best way; i think; i pray as i tumble; and fall; and call it a great day