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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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Girls, Part VII

Usagi's picture
Submitted by Usagi on February 9, 2008 - 17:45.

Katie

I called Jason
Jennah
Today
By mistake.
He came up behind me
Put his arms around
My waist
And I said
"Jenna?"

"What?"

Jason.
Right.
Not
Jennah.

Jennah

I am acting like
The kind of person
I swore I would never be.
I'm watching, slyly
Ducking around
Corners
When she looks,
And I think
Yesterday
I actually
Giggled.
Half of me is
Restraining the half that wants
To run up to her
And carry her off
Into the sunset.
I'm torn in two and I
Don't mind.
I'm sinking into
Delicious confusion.

Katie

Today I'm haunted by a scrap
Of orange fabric.
It twirls behind corners when I
Look
But I know who it
Is.
I'm
Grinning
A little
And letting Jason think
I'm smiling
For him.

Mango's picture

wow. This story is awesome.

Submitted by Mango on February 9, 2008 - 18:03.

wow. This story is awesome. You have me captured!

awsmpossum's picture

sinking into Delicious

Submitted by awsmpossum on February 9, 2008 - 18:27.

sinking into
Delicious confusion

I love it.

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