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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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Her

Usagi's picture
Submitted by Usagi on February 11, 2008 - 20:49.

Earlier
Today
I had a different dance lesson.
Two PE classes joined
For complicated teacher reasons.
And for the first time
In a long time
I saw
Her.

She's not in any of my classes
Now.
She used to be.
We were
Best friends
In our
Little fifth-grade banding-together
Way.
I can still remember
The layout of her house,
Where her
Little sister sleeps,
The couch where
Three of us
Tried to fit
In one sleepover.

Now
When I see her
I
Turn
Away.

We lost touch.
I was
Gone
And we never
Really
Connected
Again.
I see her
And she's
Got the same face
But the
Expression
Is different.
She has the
Same voice,
But her words
Have changed.

And I'm wondering
How we were ever
Similar enough
To be friends.

I guess things have changed.

imagine's picture

Same as "Gabby"? I feel this

Submitted by imagine on February 11, 2008 - 20:50.

Same as
"Gabby"?

I feel this way
so many times.

Usagi's picture

Yes.

Submitted by Usagi on February 11, 2008 - 20:52.

Yes.
Same feeling, or similar.
Two different people.
Two different dance classes, both today.
The same
Change.

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