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i was walking out the door to get the laundry when the phone rang. it was lara. i don't know if its me or her, but i just don't have a thing to say to that girl. when we met, she came up and gave me her number in a coffee shop in fort worth- i thought she was cute, waited to days (protocol) and called her. i talked, she laughed, we met up. she said she liked to slow dance, she was too young to know better. she was wearing a wedding band. "its an abstinence ring" she said. "abstinence from what?" it was done before it got off the ground. she still calls though, about once every three days, and i haven't a goddamned thing to say. it almost seems as though we've known and loved, but those have passed- but we met only two months ago! i actually had time to talk, and told her exactly how little i had to say. she replied in kind. i had to get to work though, saying my goodbyes, not waiting for or caring about hers. lit up a smoke and headed to the laundry and i'll be damned if it wasn't still wet. those dryers never work.