Ten.One Thousand, Four Hundred & Seventy-Four

1. Slowly.

2. Can’t find my headphones.

3. Man, these triceps are burning today. Man, I really need these spiderwebs out of here.

4. We laugh about how they just don’t get it. That we know things can just work out.

5. I waited to answer the questions because I wanted to think more deeply about them. Maybe I’m thinking too hard.

6. Oh, there are other people on this list.

7. I remind myself that they will be back. That a year is long but also short. They will be back.

8. Hot but I refuse to go inside.

9. I read a poem and say a few words. I am rusty. It’s been too long.

10. I tell him that it was strange to be the one at the table with the most years under her belt. I am young, but also old.