part one

1. your nose
2. your distracting jawline
3. your stubborn positivity
4. the humility of your upbringing
5. the complexity of your upbringing
6. your love of shopping
7. your willingness to give
8. the honesty of your pain
9. the art buried into your instincts
10. your passion for celebration
11. the sincerity of your tears
12. the sincerity of your touch
13. watching you eat a chilli dog
14. that you dislike scary movies
15. that you like mushrooms
16. your eyes
17. ok, your body entirely
18. that we are mosaics that have settled for along time for finger-paintings. they are abundant, easy and very fun but were never ready to see all our complex parts. their idea of us as a whole was incomplete, and when, inevitably they were faced with the details of what life next to such a muddled work of art looked like up close they mishandled us or we simply could no longer endure the simplicity. now between one another, each piece makes sense, is beautiful on it's own accord and in terms of the whole. we are surely uncommon. we are surely wasted when entirely devoted to the common. we are no longer adrift in finger-paintings.
19. your martini order
20. that you aren't afraid to work
21. when you get snarky
22. that you will drive anywhere
23. your honest love of sushi
24. your honest love of people beyond race or disposition
25. the way you take photographs
26. the instantaneous stress of a missing key or misplaced object
27. your affection of harry potter
28. that your heart beats so hard i can feel it through your ribs
29. the gravity you assign to celeste green, errr turquoise
30. when we grab furniture that someone else has thrown out
31. the way you eye baking items when we shop for kitchen things
32. your love of a grocery store
33. your commitment and indifference to your cat