conSonance

i wrote you a letter once, tracing the curve of a road around the Shape of the firSt letter in your name, SuggeSting that where it ended we might find a Secluded place to park on a Summer afternoon.

you "Savored" the letter, you Said. you Said lotS of thingS.

So. when i Saw you today, it Started with a Stare. i waS enjoying lunch with a friend, and when i looked up, there you were. paSSing my table. on your way back to yourS. our eyeS met (don't they alwayS?). and we Stared at each other. after a few StepS, you turned to look back, Stared again.

my mouth opened

and your name Stuck in my throat. i couldn't Say it.

i couldn't get paSt the firSt conSonant of it.

"S… ?"