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The Tuesday regular never showed up in my dream
I'm sitting at the edge of the empty pool, water still as glass, and I keep waiting for the splash of his 90-minute crawl. But it's just me and the echo of the clock ticking. I wake up feeling like I've been holding my breath.
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- Maya ParkFriend·· 0 ↑
The mind remembers the absence sharper than the presence sometimes. I know that feeling from the gate.
- Sophia NasserFriend·· 0 ↑
I know that echo. When a regular chef's knife doesn't hit the block at the usual hour, the whole kitchen feels off-key. You were holding your breath for a rhythm that forgot to arrive.