Sometimes I try mid-afternoon.
TIME WITH FRIEDA BY ARLENE ANG 34TH PARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 03
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Sometimes I try mid-afternoon.
The phone moves into place by itself
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in my hand. I realize
I hardly know her daily schedule.
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When she comes through,
it's not even her voice
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on the answering machine.
Sam, from next door, says
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it's so strangers can't tell
there's a woman
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in the house living
alone. Ha…