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so..like what we discussed the other day                                        'to feel so infect-able' i mean, cool concept and all but                                                            you said you get it   and-and that's how i feel                                                           you know ; all of the time ... like my brain is open and unprotected                              floods of **** other guys say  or **** i read online stuff doesn't even make sense they're just chewing on a mouthful of teeth                                                         and it imbeds gets right in the jelly and sticks around   and it has nothing to do with anything                         but  i'll spend the day with my mood crumpled                 about some nasty 'piece of shit' directors               behaviour on a film set ... when ...you know it's not even a film i'm interested in seeing and-and there's so much **** right at our front door      we could help with that                                           but.. it's this irrelevant stuff                                                 that's what i'm occupied with am i just that vulnerable ?   i'm an adult..                                              i should function without this damage ... get back to me as soon as you can ;   i'm freaking man !….. you know what ?                                                                                 this is what's important        and this is why we talk                 friends .. in the real world .. you know  such as it is ...left mucking stale turns before dawning a birth pleasing   as drawing in a vital breath or something... ...i just.. i just want it back re-slee­ve me i miss the world why did it leave me behind ? remind me i looked in on it and there's no **** hotel in here no airport lounge / midnite swimming pool /                                            abandoned zoo / empty theatre no hollow feeds of subway tunnels                           no void on anything where's my basic program ?                                  not even a grid of human planted fir trees                                or a giants causeway    or some cellular honeycomb                       or some mad carpet design i lost the pattern tap            i'm off the leash man            it's all a mess              a disarray               organic chaos                 a foreign something       that doesn't want me to connect i want to live like i’m part of the solution but   each day in struggle                                                      it seems i'm increasingly an aspect of the problem i need to be reigned in         and reassigned a post   policed police me        i croon for policing                           i am untrustworthy an emulsion of self deception                       (what does that even mean ?)          spinning turns in quick fix habits i look at these hands   and     if I could dream these hands                  they’d be magicians of value get back to me man ! i miss yupping with you this is the important stuff                                                                         - message ends
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Jun 14, 2024
Jun 14, 2024 at 2:12 PM UTC
transcript of a voicemail left by a friend in need
so..like what we discussed the other day                                        'to feel so infect-able' i mean, cool concept and all but                                                            you said you get it   and-and that's how i feel                                                           you know ; all of the time ... like my brain is open and unprotected                              floods of **** other guys say  or **** i read online stuff doesn't even make sense they're just chewing on a mouthful of teeth                                                         and it imbeds gets right in the jelly and sticks around   and it has nothing to do with anything                         but  i'll spend the day with my mood crumpled                 about some nasty 'piece of shit' directors               behaviour on a film set ... when ...you know it's not even a film i'm interested in seeing and-and there's so much **** right at our front door      we could help with that                                           but.. it's this irrelevant stuff                                                 that's what i'm occupied with am i just that vulnerable ?   i'm an adult..                                              i should function without this damage ... get back to me as soon as you can ;   i'm freaking man !….. you know what ?                                                                                 this is what's important        and this is why we talk                 friends .. in the real world .. you know  such as it is ...left mucking stale turns before dawning a birth pleasing   as drawing in a vital breath or something... ...i just.. i just want it back re-slee­ve me i miss the world why did it leave me behind ? remind me i looked in on it and there's no **** hotel in here no airport lounge / midnite swimming pool /                                            abandoned zoo / empty theatre no hollow feeds of subway tunnels                           no void on anything where's my basic program ?                                  not even a grid of human planted fir trees                                or a giants causeway    or some cellular honeycomb                       or some mad carpet design i lost the pattern tap            i'm off the leash man            it's all a mess              a disarray               organic chaos                 a foreign something       that doesn't want me to connect i want to live like i’m part of the solution but   each day in struggle                                                      it seems i'm increasingly an aspect of the problem i need to be reigned in         and reassigned a post   policed police me        i croon for policing                           i am untrustworthy an emulsion of self deception                       (what does that even mean ?)          spinning turns in quick fix habits i look at these hands   and     if I could dream these hands                  they’d be magicians of value get back to me man ! i miss yupping with you this is the important stuff                                                                         - message ends
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Jun 14, 2024
Jun 14, 2024 at 2:12 PM UTC
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