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Fall in love with a writer
Fall in love with someone who stays up ungodly late next to you at night
Keys click-clacking away on a laptop
Or pencil or pen scratching away on paper
Or ink sliding across his or her skin

Fall in love with someone who stains your skin with ink
Hand from the wrist up to the tip of her little finger smeared with color
Ink colored fingertips rubbing against yours as you hold hands
Leaving you a little reminder of your lover until it washes away

Fall in love with a person who will remember the little things
Your favorite color
Your favorite song
What cookie you chose at that coffee shop two years ago

Fall in love with a person who will forget the ‘important’ things
The date of your first kiss
The year you met
The first time you told them you loved them

Fall in love with the author who refuses to write about you
Listen to the excuses and see the truths there
‘I can’t word it right.’ (I’m afraid to word it wrong)
‘There’s no way to describe you.’ (Don’t make me try to describe you)
‘I love you too much.’ (I’m scared I won’t love you afterwards)

Fall in love with the writer who will love you in ways you never imagined
They will be forgetful
They will be thoughtful
They will be doubtful
But they will be yours