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today i would like to go on a walk. but i don't know where i will go, and who i will go with, and what i will do, but i would still like to go on a walk (set:$lastpassage to (passage:)'s name)(set:$call to 0) 1. [[call somebody]] 2. [[start walking]]

i could call [[my mom]], or [[my dad]], or [[my good friend]], or [[my very good friend]], or maybe [[my dog]], i think i could even call [[my teacher]]. maybe [[my ex]] would be free today(set:$call to $call + 1)

i walk out my apartment complex, out onto the crosswalk to watch cars roll by on the asphalt that the sun has painted over in light where the flowers are bloomed and standing upright, wow, it is a good day for a walk. (set:$lastpassage to (passage:)'s name) 1. [[call somebody]] 2. [[continue walking->walk 1]]

mom picks up (link:"the phone")[(go-to:$lastpassage)] and shares with me a few sweet greetings. i think she misses me, so i tell her that i miss her first. i wish i could walk with her but it's too late for that, she has to go to sleep soon, for she has a long day ahead of her tomorrow but it's good we called.

i'm happy to call my dad because he's somebody that i can never call enough. it's a little bit awkward until he finds a way to tell me something that has been on his mind, something that he wants to share with me, and then i forget that i am wanting to walk with him until he abruptly says some goodbyes and i let him end the call. it leaves (link:"my phone")[(go-to:$lastpassage)] feeling hot and warm.

my good friend would love to walk with me on any day, and on any other day they would, but today they are all too busy working on a very important Project. i am happy to listen about this Project over (link:"the phone")[(go-to:$lastpassage)] but it seems they are too busy even to chat about it. alright, then, today's not the day, though any other day would be.

i talk to my very good friend less often than anybody else, but whenever we call it's like no time has passed. at least whenever we //can// call. today my friend has left their (link:"phone")[(go-to:$lastpassage)] on 'do not disturb' and is seemingly busy with something, i don't know what but i'm sure they'll call me back later.

my dog would probably have loved to go out on a walk with me had he known but he is with mom and dad and does not have a (link:"phone")[(go-to:$lastpassage)] and does not have a way to travel 9,378 km over land and sea to get to me. but that's ok i'll have to give him the walk he deserves when i get back.

my teacher, i should have called a long time ago, but it is good that i am calling them now. they ask me what i'm up to, what i'm looking forward to, what my plans are, questions to which i have some good answers for and some answers that we both know i'm making up on the spot. my teacher and i have an understanding about that kind of stuff. they tell me to (link:"phone")[(go-to:$lastpassage)] them again soon.

i could hesitate to call my ex but sometimes i can't muster up the conscience for it. they could hesitate to pick up but i think they feel the same way sometimes. but we never make the jump to meeting in person together, so all we do is exchange pleasantries over (link:"the phone")[(go-to:$lastpassage)]. it's not that we would avoid each other. we just can't make plans that work.

i walk over a bridge that looks out to a stream and a park and some tracks where the joggers are jogging and some old folk are walking and pigeons peck at the polyurethane. do the wildlife eat rubber? are pigeons wildlife? (set:$lastpassage to (passage:)'s name) 1. [[call somebody]] 2. [[continue walking->walk 2]]

i walk underneath an overpass into a cool breeze that could be too cold if i wasn't in a good mood. is it that i feel colder when i'm feeling worse, or do i feel worse because i'm colder? here there are exercise machines and the kind of graffiti that is a little bit timid: YUNA WAS HERE, in black marker, faded in the corner of the tunnel. (set:$lastpassage to (passage:)'s name) 1. [[call somebody]] 2. [[continue walking->walk 3]]

in town now, in the afternoon bustle of it all. a modest bustle. some people holed up in cafes on their laptops, working, and some beginning to gather around restaurants for lunch. (set:$lastpassage to (passage:)'s name) 1. [[call somebody]] 2. [[lunch]]

lunch is warm and filling. so warm it makes me sweat. so filling that i'm glad i'm walking back. when i get up to pay the owner smiles and asks if i enjoyed my meal. i tell her i have, very much. (set:$lastpassage to (passage:)'s name) 1. [[call somebody]] 2. [[start walking back->walk -3]]

i walk underneath an overpass into a cold breeze that's abrasive on wet skin. the tunnel is darkened but at the end i can see past a curtain of rain there is my home, it must be, i know where i am. (set:$lastpassage to (passage:)'s name) 1. [[call somebody]] 2. [[continue walking->walk -1]]

i think i am walking, but i might be swimming. the rain makes it difficult to see what's happening but i know the way back by heart, this is my city, so there's nothing to worry about really (set:$lastpassage to (passage:)'s name) 1. [[call somebody]] 2. [[continue walking->walk -2]]

i walk over the bridge that takes me to a stream and a park and a bench that i sit on. i sit for a while. (set:$lastpassage to (passage:)'s name) 1. [[call somebody]] 2. [[continue walking->end walk]]

i wait at the crosswalk and look at the little red guy at the other side of the road trapped behind glass in its black box. sometimes the red makes it look menacing but now it looks warm, blurry and faded behind water. (set:$lastpassage to (passage:)'s name) 1. [[call somebody]] 2. [[go home]]

home again. i've done what i wanted to do. now i'm going to think of something else i'd like to do. maybe i'll take a nap. maybe i'll read a book. anything to keep me busy. 1. [[...]]

(If:$call > 0)[//ring, ring//](else:)[//zzz...//] [[the end->Untitled Passage]]