SIX FIGURES

I wanna take her on hikes I want her to believe in herself I want her to know how much I love her Message Send Failure kept having dreams the world was ending felt so alive Message Send Failure Message Send Failure bristled tinge of separation Message Send Failure aloe mango melon ice Message Send Failure feel how I feel how I feel how I feel ^_^ <3 is Message Send Failure done did research to exploit us yet lack the wisdom Message Send Failure if I call will you answer Message Send Failure suddenly No File Found Message Send Failure free once I reali3:zed what u meant 2 me </3 Message Send Failure can you $end it now Message Send Failure if I need you will you be there searing vulnerability can I put it on my teeth Message Send Failure life isn’t supposed to be “easy@ not everything is “fun” Message Send Failure Message Send Failure Message Send Failure 

carl

(laughing)

tell em (uproariously) again would you (wheezes) tell em again bout that (coughs) big fear of yours, barbie

(several beats while carl and frances wipe tears of laughter)

barbara

(forlorn, barely disgusted, as molasses)

Wantin’ things to be different than they is... 

(barbara trails off looking vacantly inside the group)