Friday's Whims of the Time Traveler 92.0: May 13th, 2011

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by Belinda Roddie

For four minutes
I sat
Thinking
Vibrations
in my back pocket
Phone calls that I
refused
to answer
Typical
Me

What? No.
No, I’m not antisocial.
I just don’t like people.
Is there a difference?

You told me you were
happy. You told me you
loved sleeping in the folds of my
wool sweater, even though it
itched your face and gave you a
rash. You told me that.

The mistake I made was
Believing it.

Me?
Typical?
To answer
is useless
Listen to the
Vibrations
Take care when
Thinking

The work you see here has not been edited nor altered since May 13th, 2011.

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