Small things 5: Tan

 

 

Tan

 

 

I will be the white half and half to your black, iced coffee.  At first, when I pour myself into you, I am like an upside down tree and then light a slice of marble pound cake. 

 

Nevertheless, with a little swirling of the clear, plastic cup, and some help from a wooden stirrer, we become tan, like the color of your neck, which spent many summers under the sun alone.

 

 

 

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