wrapper

bite sized and square,

patterned, simply printed.

your only remnant.

unfurled to hem me

in with its fragrance,

bittersweet as your embrace

contained with a trace of mint,

your fresh impression.

my fingertips stumble

haphazardly about it,

just as if across your skin.

they feel it wafer like

your prickled hair upon my touch,

and chapped incessant as though

the soles of your lingering feet,

until i've stroked it

through and thorough.

unhurried then,

folding it precariously like

it were your arms,

cradling my neck.

a shrivelled up delicate.

creased now permanent,

like my mind

with the origami

of your remembrance.

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