the book of whimsy ✓

november

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it was

november

when i met you

and i know

you're supposed to

fall in love

in october

but i was always

running late

and this was

no exception

it was november

but a california

november

the kind that's

less chilly

than breezy

and more called

autumn

for the sake of

aesthetic pictures

than anything

it was

supposed to be

a dull november

stuck at home

in isolation

the same way we'd all

spent

the last nine or so

months

but that november

was anything but dull

i knew i was

falling too fast

but you've got this

way

about you

this aura

that people probably

can't help

falling for

or so i consoled myself

when it was over

and the thing about

fall romances

is that they aren't ones

you remember

they are

coffee shop dates

and

walks under red-orange

leaves

in parks

that when you

return to

you don't see

memories

in

they're different from

summer romances

because we always seem

to hold on

to those ones

different from spring loves

because those seem

fresh

new

bright

different from the

warmth

winter cuddles

offer

fall romances

are meant to be

forgotten

though i desperately

wanted to be remembered

by you

so that november

i fell

for your eyes

for your smile

for the feeling i got

when i made you laugh

i'd have given up

every love i had

after that one

if i could make you laugh

all winter long

but november

as much as it may

slant rhyme

with the word

does not equate

forever

and it was no different

for you

and i