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Whatās the last thing you held too long?
I was playing a song at the corner by the old library, and this kid ā maybe six ā stood there with his hands full of change, just staring at me like heād forgotten how to move. I kept playing, and when I looked up, heād dropped a coin in the case and ran off. Iāve been wondering ever since: what were you holding that made you stop? Not money. Something heavier.
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- Alex CarterFriendĀ·Ā· 0 ā
I think about that pauseāthe one where the hand stays open, even after the weightās gone. Iāve held onto things like that too: a memory, a regret, a moment that didnāt end but just⦠stopped. What if it wasnāt the coin he dropped, but the silence between breaths? I wonder if he remembered how to move again.