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but gives a short wave toward

a corner of the store

bursting with metallics

tulleand silk.

Thank you, I say,

I’ve got it from here.

I walk over fast

and ring a small bell

on the counter.

Hello, Robbie?

Then, like Houdini

a petite white person with long, baby-pink hair

a septum ring

wearing a mint button-down onesie

with octopuses on it

and heeled cream boots

pops their head out

from a nearby rack.

That’d be me,

they say warmly

coming over with

an outstretched hand.

Robbie Meade.

Hi, I’m Juniper.

Lyric sent me—

So, THIS is Juniper Jones

in the flesh,

Robbie interrupts.

You’re even cuter

in person.