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Isn't Life Like Traffic?

I would love to tell you that today was just like any other, but it wasn’t. You were there whispering, “I’m still right here.” I couldn’t see you but I knew it was you Just waiting for the perfect moment to remind me of my worst days It's funny that it rained today, the one thing I hate and the one thing that leaves me reminiscing about you I swear any song that was ever ours, played. Some played twice. I thought I had deleted The Counting Crows album from my phone Remember the album I played while we made love in our hotel room last year Was that love? I can’t seem to tell or remember now But I know that Anna Begins was playing while we dozed off afterwards It played twice in my car today. I needed black leggings for the outfit I had chosen for my date tonight The only ones I could find were the ones you bought me. I put them on and that song you sang me started to play on pandora I hit next. It played again as I was leaving to go meet my date This time, I let it play. I had lunch at the restaurant today and asked why the toy dinosaur was behind the bar, they said it was yours. I asked to see it and then threw it on the ground. Your co workers mentioned how miserable you have been towards them I changed the subject. I went to the gym after and saw you there I walked behind you all the way out to the parking lot but you didn't notice. On the way home there was traffic, I figured it was typical for the way my day had been going It was all due to a tractor trailer who couldn't make a turn I was proud of his determination I also realized he had no choice but to make the turn I watched patiently as he backed up and pulled forward a number of times It reminded me of myself just trying to make a turn so I could move in the right direction He made it after approximately two minutes of me waiting in traffic Though to me it felt like I was sitting in traffic watching a tractor trailer struggle to make a turn for four months The four miserable months I spent just trying to make a turn
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