![]() ![]() Their place in your heart is tender a bruise of longing, a pulse of unfinished business. ![]() I’m talking about the ones who, for whatever reason are a part of you as your own soul. Ethan changed me, for instance, but the longer we are apart the more he sort of recedes into the distance as a real person and in his place is a cardboard cutout that says first boyfriend. It’s the change you remember, the firsts and what they meant, not really the people. A lot of people can change you – the first kid who called you a name, the first teacher who said you were smart., the first person who crowned you best friend. And I don’t just mean that they change you. ![]() I don’t mean the usual faint impression: he was cute, she was nice, they made me laugh, I wish I’d known her better, I remember the time she threw up in class. “I think about how there are certain people who come into your life, and leave a mark. ![]()
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