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9:40 pm Seoul
Night's have been colder.
Chillier then usual.
A sudden shift from the usual.
The usual being my lately, and my lately having been -- bearable.
Usually, mostly, often was, bearable.
Now it's barely that.
Now, it's almost winter.
The time in which we forgive -- numb cheeks and wet lashes. Forget -- umbrellas and soak in a thousand tiny splashes. Play into the trendy red tip, of a cute crimson nose. Compromise with colder mornings, and bargain for longer sleep ins.
Like, the arctic breeze can stay if I can too - cling awhile longer to my cherry colored pillow, while I succumb a little further into freshly cleaned linen. Resting there until I gain enough courage to travel the unpleasantly cold space between my bed and a sweet hot shower.
That at least is the winter I know. Talking to myself, convincing and excusing myself - it's too cold, just a little longer. It's too cold, I'll go a little later.
Last winter I almost thought about a girlfriend. Purely for the body heat. Just to have something warm to hold onto in the morning. I eventually found a way around it. A few girls and the excuse of working early. The urge to insure they left by the time I started getting ready -- by the time I'd made it to the shower.
My winter was that and too much coffee and whiskey...and bourbon...and rum...Kahlua, sometimes a Bailey's liqueur. Whatever went with the caffeine.
Whatever eased my chill.
And now, another year has been and I'm here again. Almost there again.
Almost there.
We, were almost there.
Just -- not quite. Not yet.
Technically we - I - sat still on the edge, the brink of a season. Or I mean, two seasons.
