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Green Light

Waiting can do horrible things. When I’m at the red light, she calls. My phone says “mom.” It’s not her. The light is flickering, no one believes me. It’s not her, the light told me. My mom hates it when I hang up randomly. When I get home, the whole house might have disappeared. Phones lie sometimes. Waiting can do horrible things. The light is green. Nothing else is. The person who calls at the red light is evil. Waiting can do horrible things.

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Date: 7/27/2024 3:25:00 PM
This could be about loss. Your receiving a call but it can’t be her. My friend keeps trying to call a church friend who has someone hanging up on her and lying saying that the woman hd died and she hadn’t. Love your poem…emotive
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