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While cleaning out my purse

For the first time in months

I find ...

A post-it note with a phone number

And a first name

That goes with a face I no longer remember

A paperclip

Good for holding things together

Unless it floats alone

One last cracker

Still in celo wrap

From a pack I opened

While waiting for

Another delayed lunch date

Perfume

A gift for my birthday

(But we won't discuss my age)

Several years ago

Back when gift-giving was still done

Two ticket stubs

From the last movie we saw together

And discussed until wee hours of morning

We disagreed on the ending

Whether it was right for the characters

How they had grown

And where they were in their lives

Should they have stayed together?

I said no

You said yes

And there was really no in-between

There rarely is

Really

For two who have grown so close.

How do you ungraft a tree

Without cutting it down?