Valencia, like the oranges
she said,
when asked her name.
She said this matter of fact
as though thousands of girls had names so exotic
I prefer peppermint tea,
she whispered,
looking embarrassed and trying not to sound pretentious
when I offered to buy her coffee
Random
is how she described our meeting
months later, devoid of romanticism
although in our bedside table, she still has the coaster.
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