I guess it is easier to just say, “I see you are happy now.” But one doesn’t smile
too widely, doesn’t laugh too loudly, and wanders around with their fist clenched
tight on the bottle neck. Happiness, I mean. You know, that almond-milk-bathed
chatelaine we all covet from afar. Only you haven’t heard the last one on the way
to the next eagerly anticipated Friday night out already.
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