well i'm glad you finally washed them. it seems like forever since that bobby swanson look-alike brushed your fingers when he gave you your change (2 dollars and 47 cents, you never forgot, you'd bought bananas and two white carnations). you couldn't remember which hand he touched, you were so flustered; and even though he probably wasn't bobby swanson (on hindsight, you realized bobby wouldn't be caught dead working at a buy-low), you decided right then and there you would never wash your hands again. but remember how you thought, what if i bought artichokes? what if the carnations were red, or that white kind with red bits in them, that remind you of peppermints? what if bobby-or-not-bobby had been standing at checkstand 3, instead of the express lane? and remember how you went back the next day, and he was at checkstand 3, and you had red and peppermint carnations just to be safe, but when he caught a glimpse of your dirty hands he grabbed the 'closed, please go to next checkout' sign and in his hurry the plastic edge landed
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i liked the carnations. when i wrote it i wasn't picturing you. just an imaginary person. so hopefully that takes any remaining offense away. and i pictured bobby-or-not-bobby to be kind of inbred looking.
and remember how you went back the next day, and he was at checkstand 3, and you had red and peppermint carnations just to be safe, but when he caught a glimpse of your dirty hands he grabbed the 'closed, please go to next checkout' sign and in his hurry the plastic edge landed ( ... )
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PS. You're a fucker.
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I like your brain.
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when i wrote it i wasn't picturing you. just an imaginary person. so hopefully that takes any remaining offense away. and i pictured bobby-or-not-bobby to be kind of inbred looking.
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