flaws.
"The quality or quirk
you most wish you could
wash away is exactly
the thing that's going
to make someone fall
in love with you," she
said, admiring insects
no one else could see.
He caught one
and cupped it
in his hands.
"Look," he said.
"a lightning bug."
They watched the soft
searchlight of its stomach
glow warning-white and smiled.