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If This is What You Waited For


by Darryl Price


I'm afraid you may want to live
without it. You should do that any 
way, don't you think? It's your life.
If this is what you waited for,

you might want to reconsider
your position in the world. You're
just as much not like everyone
else as me. The thing we have in 

common is all of this and that's 
a poor joke or a rich mystery 
or both. So if this is what 
you waited for, I'm sorry, please 

forgive me, and know that I do 
love you. As much as love is the 
answer, it's not much help when it 
comes to saying things like goodbye,

or out of curiosity, 
hello. That's not exactly what 
I meant. That's not what I wanted 
to say. I mean, it's close. So very 

close, but far enough away 
as to not really matter. If
this is what you waited for, then
go home, have some wine, read a book,

plant some flowers, call a friend, take 
a deep breath and let it all out 
again slowly. If this is what
you waited for, it's maybe all 

there was inside. I wanted there to be 
more than just an envelope. Those 
petals must have all fallen out 
somewhere along the winding road.

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