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Sometimes I try mid-afternoon.

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Apr 01, 2008
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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…

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