That's okay," you told me. "I like them better when they're dried up. I'll keep them for years. Until our Get Rid of the Roses anniversary.
David LevithanWhat did Pandora do with her box after she'd unleashed despair into the world? Did she keep it in her mantel, as a reminder of what she'd done?
David LevithanYou and I are walking in the snow. "Why are you walking backwards?" I ask. You point in the direction we came from. "So they'll think that's where I'm going." You point to where we're going. "And that's where I'm from.
David LevithanLet's go into the woods and take some pictures," you said. "I found this old camera."
"Let go!" you screamed. "Let go of me!"
"You have to let go," the counselor told me. "Let go of what you're holding inside."
I can touch the picture but it's not your face.
I can touch the screen but it's not your face.
Let go.
If only you knew, Comedy Boy. If only I could tell you.
David LevithanAriel, look at me.
Look at me.
Look at me.
It wasn't enough to pass him as we were heading to your house or cutting over to the library. Soon you had to have sightings in the halls too. Then sightings turned to spying, and spying to stalking. You could tell me how many pairs of jeans he owned before you officially knew his name.
David LevithanIt's that guy again," you'd say.
Then: "He's cute, you know."
No, I don't know. And you don't need to tell me.
You never told me what you saw in him, not convincingly.
David LevithanAre you two inseparable now?" I asked you.
You laughed. "Don't you know, Evan? People are always separable."
I wanted to say I had once thought the two of us were inseparable.
But that would have only proven your point.
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