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he took a trip
to a place covered in wonderful weeds
and spotted with rusting cars
with dusty windshields
adorned with the names of couples.
the animals all around him
oblivious
ducking in and out of the towering flowers.
the wood chips that lined the paths in the weeds
were wet and stuck to his bare, calloused, dirty soles.
he opened a door of handhewn boards
and
there she was.