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She is beautiful, but she don't mean a thing to me.

Death Cab for Cutie, Tiny Vessels

She's cool.

Sophisticated.

Confident.

And she speaks French.

(Which is sexy no matter how you look at it.)

She's beautiful, too.

And sometimes, (every now and then) she does something - like make paperclip explosions from invisible hand grenades or stop her work day to look for potato chips - and he lets himself forget... before.

And it sort of dulls the pain.

Until he thinks about curly hair.

Kitten costumes.

Pink, puffy coats.

And Keds.

She would never wear Keds.

Or come to work with whiskers.

So, yeah, she's beautiful.

But in a totally obvious way.

(He prefers understated.)