Run Away

She asked if we could run away.

Pretend we had died, and just pack up and leave. We would explore the world. Travel to Egypt and visit the graves of millenia-dead pharaohs. Feed one another grapes over the Mississippi River. Get back breaking massages from huge Italian women. Parachute off the Empire State Building together, kissing. And finally settle in maybe Canada, maybe Australia.

It's the first time she has said that she will leave behind everything for me.

There are half-truths to everything.

My truth is that I would leave behind everything for her.

-Jacqueline

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