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he went to mexico and brought back gifts. 'i have something for you.'
she couldn't even imagine what it was. he kept forgetting, which was not a surprise. the day he remembered, he snuck in her studio and laid them out on her violin case while she was in the front of the store gathering up another student. a pair of dangly earrings made out of bone and a string of beads that closely resembled her malas. they were the nicest gifts she'd gotten from a friend in a long time. just the thought that he was thinking of her on his trip made her happy.
it took her a while to wear the earrings. they didn't seem to match anything. they looked like summer. but then it got unseasonably warm and they matched her outfit and she garnered some compliments so she couldn't stop wearing them.
the first time she wore them to work he immediately smiled. 'nice earrings. they look good on you. i've got good taste.'
she had some errands to run. she put the earrings on and hopped out the door. wearing them made her feel close to him. the bus flew by as she walked up to the stop so she decided to just walk where she was going. it was a really windy day, like walking through mud.
at one of the places she stopped, the receptionist looked up 'one of your earrings is missing dear.'
'really?! oh damn. i've hardly worn them and a friend brought them back from mexico for me. damn damn.' her heart sank. it felt like she had lost a piece of him.
a week later, she had more errands to run and once again missed the bus and decided to walk. as a creature of habit, she walked the same route listening to her headphones. she kept her eye on the uneven sidewalk and suddenly there it was still in the middle of the sidewalk from the week before. 'oh my GOD' she squealed out loud and bent over and picked up the pieces of bone.
no matter how they were separated, they came back together like there was never any distance or time between them.
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how beautifully put
I am constantly losing things
and then finding them
when I was 10, I climbed to the top of a lighthouse
as I stood outside and looked down
my glasses fell off my face
all the way down.down.down
from the top of the lighthouse
to the bottom
I thought they were lost forever
as I came down and rounded the corner, there they were, waiting for me on the sidewalk
I picked them up from the ground
and placed them on my face
and went along my way.
one time I lost my earring
on my way to work
(it was windy)
on a superpopulated street
by the subway station
at the end of the day
when I was on my way home
walking the same street
I looked down
and there it was
during my recent move
I lost my glasses
I looked everywhere
and three weeks later,
I found them on the curb
by the house
amazing how
certain things
stay there
waiting for you
to reclaim them
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(i was so afraid i had lost it forever and then so happy when i found it. i still haven't told him about it because i felt guilty for losing it; even though it was because the part of the earring that connected the dangly to the hook was cheap and broke)
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in the past year there has been so much between us that has been lost and broken
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