20.01.06 - 3:48 p.m.

we stood there, together, staring. we hardly said anything and i wonder if she thought it funny, too, that we'd never really been friends but here we were, together, staring. without losing her focus she said i know exactly how you feel. i know exactly how you feel. i know exactly how you feel. each time the emphasis was different. intonation changed her meaning. i trusted her. i did this by myself, she said, and i wished i had a sister.