last days of freshman year
packing, deciding, an empty bed, the first round of goodbyes, coming full circle at carmichael, flopping on the carpeted fourth floor for hours, talking about meeting each other for the first time, the story behind african names, "olu-seye", cruises, continents, geography, the shawshank redemption, tearing cards off jasmine's walls, moving boxes to her car in bare feet, the last round of goodbyes, waking up early, dragging, shuffling, wheeling, heaving, taxis, hugs, leaving, new england receding.