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I sink down on a metal bench outside the convenience store, the word cunt carved into one of the slats The convenience store has bars on its s and this whole neighborhood se

A couple walks out of the convenience store hand in hand They look like they’re in their twenties, a tall whitea backward baseball cap, andhis hat around the other night for our first kiss

“You can have the M&M’s, baby,” thedown to kiss the woman on the head

“No, those are your favorite,” she says in protest “Those are for you”

“But there was only one pack of M&M’s left, and if there would’ve been more, you would’ve wanted those, too You like M&M’s ummy bears”

She smiles up at him, adoration in her eyes

“I like gummy bears, baby”

He shrugs “But you love M&M’s, and I love seeing onna feed you these M&M’s one at a time while atch your favorite show”

They walk over to a small sedan with a crooked bumper and a cracked windshield, and he opens the door for her, closes it behind her and then walks around the hood to the driver’s side, grinning

It doesn’t hit me all at once; it’s er second by second Those two people are incredibly lucky All they need to be happy is each other

Are they lucky, though? I furrowCouldn’t any of us look around at the love we have in our lives and decide it’s not just enough, but everything we could ever want or need? Or seek out the love ant and then cherish it?