Dedicated to an old enemy...

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      ||      The streetlight just outside of the window behind her    ||
      || deposited a thick orange glow into the otherwise pitch black  ||
      || skyline of the surrounding city. Snowflakes slowly fluttered  ||
      || down in front of it, the contrast adding a sort of moody      ||
      || amber tint to the already otherwise intense atmosphere all    ||
      || around us.  I poured myself another cup of coffee and took a  ||
      || quick sip.  My hand returned to hers, outstretched across our ||
      || tiny corner table in this bustling downtown restaurant.  As I ||
      || looked up my eyes met hers and slight but ever so genuine     ||
      || smiles lifted our cheeks in almost perfect unison.  We didn't ||
      || need words - we were both there, experiencing the same moment ||
      || for everything that it was, feeling the same energy flowing   ||
      || around us as a whirlpool in a sea of contentment, and         ||
      || reacting with the same emotions from the same places in our   ||
      || hearts.  All I could do was smile and stare.  Smile and       ||
      || stare, and feel.  After a time we made our way back through   ||
      || the crowds gathering around the bar and pushed open the       ||
      || gigantic oaken doors.  She grabbed onto my arm and squeezed   ||
      || it firmly.  We walked into the street and stopped after only  ||
      || a few steps, gaping back up at the murky orange orb floating  ||
      || in the cold night air, snow falling into our eyes and into    ||
      || our grinning mouths.                                          |'
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