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running a hand
delicately through jinx's
fur, she glimpses at her watch
and nearly jumps.

"i gotta get home,
but if you want
to visit me sometime,
I'm in 25,
just down the alley
and around the bend."

"i'll remember to do that.
see you around xay-mae."

"i hope so, jay."

like cinderella
at the threat of midnight,
she flees to her home.
the farther she goes,
the more the storm clouds
edge at her peripherals
until they've returned to
darken her sky.

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