Nicky was here yesterday, building a mansion from magnatiles and installing a laundry room when Kina most needed him to inspect their fort in her bedroom. As they worked on their respective domiciles, the two of them nattered away loudly between rooms, calling to each other through the kitchen like a couple who had been married for some twenty years. At the end, both fortress and mansion complete, they met in Kina’s room and snacked on Pez. As we do.
You wouldn’t know it, but today’s Parade is inspired by a little grey-green mottled half-globe that she picked up on the street one day. The heart she painted above it is identical to the tattoo she drew on my bicep later in the evening. All curlicues and glistening enamel, this kid.
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