öpën pöst.

[proofread]

Comments

[demimondaines]

aren't you sweet.
i'll make myself very pretty for you next time we meet.
put feathers in my hair.

[proofread]

i would braid in flowers and feathers for you myself.

[demimondaines]

you're welcome to. i'd look a spectacle.

[proofread]

if you're unable to leave your cage... i'd at least want to bring you some shimmer and color.
and whatever else you would like.

[demimondaines]

champagne. caviar and oysters.
someone to enjoy it with.

[proofread]

it would be my pleasure,
taking part in such fancy things with you.
though... you are not afraid of the wine's effects while you're with me?

[demimondaines]

what do i have to be afraid of?

[proofread]

you said you were worried about people seeing a different you while you drank!

[demimondaines]

mm.
would you would mind seeing my real self?

[proofread]

i would love to.

[demimondaines]

then i'm not truly worried.

[proofread]

you needn't be worried with me, in this case. i would hope you are comfortable enough.

[demimondaines]

my comfort counts for little in general. the fact that it means something to you is a rarity.
believe me, i like rare things.

[proofread]

consider me a blue moon, then ✨

[demimondaines]

how poetic.
what kind of field am i, that you shine down on me?

[proofread]

i do love words and whimsy.
a field of lavender, i think. we meet at night when others are sleeping.

[demimondaines]

i've walked through fields of lavender. in burgundy. endless hills of purple.
maybe i still carry their scent. maybe you can smell them on me over the distance.

the most fragile bridge imaginable.

[proofread]

perhaps that's it. i like it. it suits you, all lovely and elegant.

i took my niece to a field of sunflowers recently, we picked some for the house but they don't have a fragrance that distinctive. it's more like taking a piece of the sun home.

[demimondaines]

they're such optimistic flowers.
do you know the poem "to one who is too cheerful" by baudelaire? that's how i feel about sunflowers on a bad day.

[proofread]

we are acquainted though i find myself in the company of nursery rhymes more often than not. i understand you though.
how do you feel about them on a good day?

[demimondaines]

like they exist because there wouldn't be enough sun to go around otherwise.

[proofread]

a bouquet of sunlight to take home.
though to be honest, i feel this way about most flowers. they are all special to me.

[ she sends an old selfie alongside this message. ]

[demimondaines]

is there a hierarchy? ranking from most special to least special?
you're such a flower child, my dear.

[proofread]

it's in my blood.
some people have rankings, many hard no's to certain blossoms. last year, scientists discovered what they called "the world's ugliest orchid" :(

[demimondaines]

we all have our preferences. i'm sure somewhere in the world, there's a poor girl who will love that ugly orchid, too.