Chapter 4 of 22

one [after her part one]

[brief daydreams about real people]

her hair would fall on my desk

and every time

i wanted

to

touch it

so one day

i asked if i could touch it

she laughed

and told me

i was

free

to play with her hair

her honey golden brown hair

with natural waves

and beautiful creases

her pretty eyes would always

smile at me

when i did something

particularly

silly

i braided it

and

twirled it

and

rolled it

and

threw it

over her head

and

she laughed

and that was enough

-watching two platonic girls from the other side of the classroom