Love is fluid.
So am I.

Put us together
in a jar,
place us in the freezer.
Let us freeze
as one.

When it’s time to use us,
take us out and thaw.

I melt first,
and people strain me out.
They only keep
the love.

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Yimi Lu (@yimiwriting) writes about people who don’t say what they mean, in her own Chinese accent. Born in Shanghai, she now pretends to settle in Northern California. She builds code by day and disassembles herself by night to see what remains. Find her at https://www.yimiwriting.com/