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?