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Playing dead

a bad habit

By AJPublished 2 years ago 1 min read

Everything is great,

I am wrapped under three blankets with a mug of tea and it’s something o’clock

Please don't ask me any more questions though

because everything is great until absolutely nothing is

and usually the difference between those two, are about five minutes of thinking harder than usual

for my sake, I will evade the question turning on my do not disturb and off my wifi

Everything is great - I think

but I'm going to play dead for a while - just incase it's not

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About the Creator

AJ

Because locking myself in a dimly lit house on the seaside and feverishly pouring my soul out on a typewriter is not available to me right now

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