for clues that we belonged to the same species

_____I tried to think about clothing made of natural materials
worn by mail order catalog models
whose inscrutable faces
both male and female
I studied with interest
for clues that we belonged to the same species,
(Unconcerned with the possibilities
of forgetting to wash their clothes in cold water,
they looked sideways or at the camera
while strands of stray hair fell artistically
across the well defined check bones in their faces.)
but all I could think of was _____how I felt when I smiled at him
as he stepped from his car in Jason's dirt driveway.

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