KONZUKO

i was walking out of a building wearing the yeezy season 3 pullover in bright orange squared toe prada black shoes and cotton denim baby blues

when i saw her

asian. south.

adidas. sambas.

beige brown long skirt and fullzip-zip-zipup

a style so iconic u could u have plucked it from the insta explore, tiktok for, twitter for, most 16-35 yr old instas, pinterest, 60% of girls in any movie produced from 1995 to 2005 - a staple of 2023-throwback-noughties-but-i-was-born-post-2001-culture, tumblrcore, and so i like FRUiTS.

the most beautiful woman of my life

i pretended to answer a phone call dialed in my good friend to ask what i should say

as i paced around the front campus, pretending to be engaged in conversation, but really just visualising MY love in HER mind

she engaged in chitchat with her friends all similarly dressed all mimicking trends

some smoked; she didnt Perfect! morally equivalent! her mouth wont taste like shit

on the phone, he gives me a recommendation “go up to her and tell her u like her fit. then leave.”

WHAT? that would never work! and on this campus, id never see her again. im here all the time but only the same people ever come back, and only on certain days. unless i come everyday looking for her this’ll be the last i ever see her

“just do it. trust me”

he hangs up

i phone another friend

hes on the line

her friends have finished smoking they’re saying goodbye

theyre hugging theyre starting to leave

it’s now or never and theres an audience

ive got to go do it

its inordinate

i walk up behind her

shes walking too fast

i say excuse me she doesnt hear me

i panic she’ll leave me

i gesture as if tapping her shoulder

her friend recognises so she tells her im behind her

so samba spins around in that moment, im surrounded

looking at me to see

i give them all a glance it’s peak! a full audiance

and i lock eyes with her

i just wanted to say..errRr.. you have really great style

thank you

outside of a building

it’s summer

i throw my jacket up in the air it goes up in the air i leave it there

it comes back down i catch it wow

as i do this i gain an audience from a far

what is HE doing

my friends are with me we’re idle, passing the time

it’s time to leave me & the gang

as we walk i see her

adidas. sambas.

she sees me and hesitates she remembered my complimate but she was too scared

my wife? my mate?

what could she have been to date? more than a playmate?