A Story In
100 Words
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Coffee?
Coffee? I asked.
Totally, you replied.
When I offered an invitation, you always accepted. You never extended one yourself.
Was this friendship a one-way mirror, a one-way road, a one-note song?
Over several years, I pondered what it signified. If a friendship is only one-sided, is it a friendship at all?
I waited. I didn’t hear from you. Months.
Lunch? I asked.
Can’t wait, you answered.
More months later.
Dinner?
Tomorrow? Your text read.
Your company was always innocuous, comforting in a way. Reliably benign.
I never messaged you again. After nineteen years, that was the last time we spoke.
From Guest Contributor Justene Musin
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