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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.
