First Blush / 07:12
loves.day cobalt cancellation

Fog collects at the window like a secret practicing its first initial.

specimen: lipstick crescent on porcelain
Pulse Noon / 12:44
12:44 pulse noon
petal i

sun through paper

petal ii

tea cooling into yes

petal iii

a ribbon shadow

petal iv

two dots nearly touch

annotation: the clock refuses numbers, keeping only nearness.
Almost Said / 17:03

Almost
said

I kept the train ticket because your thumb warmed the corner.

If the rain asked, I would have given it your name.

There was a word under my tongue, blue as ink.

two stops after17:03
matchbook
unstruck
initials repeat
not yet
Afterglow / 22:19

Afterglow

The day folds itself into a night-sky letter. Every crease becomes a route back to still.

sealed at 22:19 with wax, pollen, and one recurring initial