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If you receive a text

2/4/2022 East of 3 AM

Con/Jur/d
Feb 4
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Did I send this? Did you get it? LMK

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If you receive a text East of 3 AM
Con/Jur/d, 2/4/2022

2:23 22°

If you receive a text from me in the
middle of the night, East of 3 AM, 
saying "I love you, I'm Sorry, I saw a 
scintillating chariot emerge from the 
dark dark between the stars and you’re 
the first one I wanted to share it with, 
I was talking to the tree again, not any 
hairy with me I mean happier! GOOD 
damn autocorrect, replace good with 
gods and you'll see what I mean"

Understand, beyond the misspellings,
the all--caps, the sense you get, 
you don't know-how, or why, the words 
were blurred from tears or rain sliding 
across the glowing screen, obfuscating 
my texting, further past the excuses like, 
I never meant to send it, 
I was drunk, too sober, 
I changed my mind again and again, 
I shouldn't be documenting everything, 
the wind from inbetween touched-down 
around us as it emerges from the vast empty, 
distracted me, you know how my ADHD 
is, was waiting to tell you when we saw 
each other IRL,  I realized I was 
dreaming and you were taken, lifted up 
の
I forgot to hit send, I sent it to the wrong number 
when I woke up you ghosted me, and if 
you really are an extension of me, what 
about those unresolved and forgotten parts 
of me that left without a forwarding...
 
Wait! Wait. THERE'S SOMEONE coming 
Yes, yes I know it's the middle 
of a long sleepless night, 
but my fingers have become numb
I can't text, and all six of 
yours are so thin and delicate,

Could you finish this for me?

Yes, tell them I meant every word of it, 
and yes it doesn't change anything, 
maybe it'll help them feel less alone.

Who's it to? Why you, of course.

Just hit send

Just hit send y’all,

Much Love,

Con/Jur/d, 2/4/2022

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