art by geoff mcfetridge
She counts the chairs in our dining room, one, two, three, four, five, six. She points to each chair as if unconvinced, her brow furrowed in concern. She circles the dining table and counts the chairs again and again. One, two, three, four, five, six. I lose track of her revolutions. My leg begins to cramp, where I sit on the staircase, crouched in the shadows. I feel cold. It is later than I thought. But she is almost done. She touches the backrest of each chair. She grows weary now. When she collapses in a chair, I will bring her tea. She will take it and I will wonder as I always have if she ever thinks about where the tea comes from
Very interesting piece, and sometimes, you just, don’t fully understand the person you’re with, and yet, you’re still with that other individual, for whatever reasons there may be…
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Yes something like that. Thank you for reading. 😊
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Nice to have you back!
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I’m slowly coming back. 😊
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You say a lot between the lines here Cat. Good one.
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Muchas gracias.
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Excellent! 🙂
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Oh thank you!
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Shoot, so that’s that one supposes.
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Beautiful writing as always
We’re always making tea for someone who doesn’t seem to notice I think.
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Thank you. It’s good to bump into you again. Hope you’re about as sane as you need to navigate the world. I am. 😊
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Glad to hear you are steering that ship in the open waters again 🙂 I’m out there skippering despite the odds.
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That’s what I want to hear!
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Loved the rhythm and the circling. So good!
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Thank you. I bled this out… Where’s your correspondence? I replied to your email by the way…
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I read your email and then I read this and I thought how terrible for us that you might not write! Such a voice! I’m working on my correspondence aaaaaight give me a minute or two without the constant nagging will ya
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Reblogged this on listentothebabe and commented:
is it rude to have been away for so long and not let you know when i was coming back? are you still there? maybe you are. if so, here’s a post i did for Hijacked Amygdala last week…
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BION I’m imsersped! Cool post!
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Thank you
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