you are cinnamon and apples strung together haphazardly and left to simmer until the timer rings. i am vanilla ice cream, flecked, balanced and carefully measured, not too little and not too much. as i stretch out my muscles and singsong out of tune, you unwrap me like the smallest of gifts, carefully undoing my creases and running your fingers along the tears in my wrapping. it’s the sweetest of gestures and i cannot help but believe that sometimes the best things in life should be enjoyed too much.
