zoey and samuel 

are like . . . 

which is why i don't do similes

they are like nothing else   as are we all

but they like each other

that is apparent

just as hattie and amos like each other

but this is young love

if love is what it

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though   not that young   young

only in comparison to old

old for their age   mature

having seen and been through travail

nonetheless

young enough to be frisky

frisky as a pair of nesting phoebes

there it is   a simile   

they are like birds in spring

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