Pack 3

Butterfly cooks a Toaster Strudel, for Dragonfly.
Bumblebee asks if he can have one.
Dragonfly asks what kind he wants.
With a glare.
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Glares aren't so bad, when they come with a yes.
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See you in 4 years, Comedy Hajj.

Time to learn from Kelly Carlin.

Pack 2

I sit on our bed,
facing the headboard,

Promising i'll have better posture
In our new home.

I pick and choose habits to keep,
Like pairs of shorts, buried in my dresser.
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There are emotions woven into this process,
that
I can feel I am not experiencing.

I have told no one but family.
I haven't been to an open-mic.
I haven't said a single goodbye.

For me,
it is a necessary sacrifice.

I am not ready to leave.

but just because we aren't ready,
doesn't mean it's not time.
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Blueberry Redbull
chug glug burn
back to pack

Pack 1

Butterfly flutters into work,
fitting 9 years of goodbyes,
into 2 more shifts.

Dragonfly lies passed out in bed,
ready for her next chapter,
impatiently waiting
for life to turn the page.

Bumblebee writes.
Because it's easier to describe packing
than to shut up and do it.