the whirr of the fan, a flash of green in my belly button, comic books on the nightstand, they might stand for real, the way you steal a glimpse while we're all laughing at nothing, the pause when we sit in your car after hanging with our friends, circles the rain makes in puddles, rapid yet placid, the subtle way you brush my hair away when it tickles you, while i'm tucked under arm; a fond pillow, when i curl up alone knotted in my sheets, slipping my cold feet in the crooks of my legs to warm, the only song that's been my alarm since you, these are the things that make me miss you.