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what time did you get up?

the usual, four forty-five-ish

 

what was on your mind first thing?

that same old hopeless thing.  that’s just got to stop or change, or i don’t know what, morph into something else.

this guy once told me, just out of the blue, that whatever was on my mind when i first opened my eyes was the way i needed to go.

 

yeah. there’s nothing there for you.  that’s not your deal at all.  you don’t need that.

true.  i’ve been down that road before and it is just too much of a mess and a slog — a total disaster and it’s just not my place at all, no matter how i feel about this girl.

 

leave that PlayerGirl

she’s nothing but trouble

leave that PlayerGirl

you don’t need to be her 

PlayGround

leave that PlayerGirl

you don’t need 

PlayerGirl’s 

PlayingAround

leave that PlayerGirl

lay that PlayerGirl

down

 

by sean simone

 

january 19, 2025