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and when I ask why, she says
does it help if I say I just don’t fancy you?
it does. I’m suddenly cold.
I hurry out of her room,
down the dining hall steps
into the quad.
outside, the magnolia by the cloisters is
about to bloom, a promise
it will happen
one day, one day.
just wait.
Tamiko reads Latin and French at New College, Oxford. She’s usually found writing a poem about you, so don’t tell her anything.