She emailed and said she’d only be in town for a few days. Here to visit a friend and perhaps interview for a job or two—she’s considering changing coasts, giving up Pacific standard time for the Eastern version. She watches a lot of prime-time television you see. Included in the email was a photo, no caption needed because he knew what that meant, he knew where it lead and he wondered if he could handle it. Handle the crush, handle the suspense, handle the woman. It had been so long since he handled anything besides himself there was a lingering doubt as to if he still knew his way around the machine. Only time would tell. There’s a thing he does with his hands, he sort of rubs the top of his hands with the opposite thumb when he meets someone for the first time. Nervous habits never die. She flew in on a weekday. Hey Mike Waskom wrote this. He’s glad you’ve read it.

She emailed and said she’d only be in town for a few days. Here to visit a friend and perhaps interview for a job or two—she’s considering changing coasts, giving up Pacific standard time for the Eastern version. She watches a lot of prime-time television you see. Included in the email was a photo, no caption needed because he knew what that meant, he knew where it lead and he wondered if he could handle it. Handle the crush, handle the suspense, handle the woman. It had been so long since he handled anything besides himself there was a lingering doubt as to if he still knew his way around the machine. Only time would tell. There’s a thing he does with his hands, he sort of rubs the top of his hands with the opposite thumb when he meets someone for the first time. Nervous habits never die. She flew in on a weekday.


Hey Mike Waskom wrote this. He’s glad you’ve read it.

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