damecharlie

on the night of salt and leftover secrets, i tell him about the Pacific Ocean, how in Mexico, they say that it does not retain memory. you can walk to the edge and curl a million secrets under your tongue and spill them all at once and the water will drop them the second it picks them up. he and i have never been fond of life jackets and the Pacific Ocean is much too deep to swim in. if you look closely, you can see the floating bodies of those who tried to cheat love but drowned in the process. see, humans are not like the Pacific Ocean. try as we might, we will never forget the taste of robust love or the way a smile feels after a