I heard from her Tuesday and she wanted to get back together. She wore a dress that ended at the top of her knees, a navy blue print with white stripes going diagonal from her left shoulder toward her right knee. She had long brown hair and eyes that were a light green. We found a bar with a roof-deck a few blocks south of Washington Square. Hector and Carolyn and Elise and I took the train over into the city and went drinking through the evening. I asked whether she’d like to meet for dinner Monday, or Tuesday, or Wednesday, or any evening. I asked whether she’d want to meet the next day, Sunday afternoon. Two Saturdays after the night on Monica’s roof I picked up the phone in the den of my apartment and called Andrea. For an hour I sketched out as best as I could the shape of her face, the nape of her neck, and what I could remember of her smile. The Wednesday after I met Andrea I sat around a chess table in a Hell’s Kitchen park. I moved my briefcase from my lap to the open seat to my left and thought again of Andrea. She stood up and walked out at Canal Street. Had I known what to say I would have spoken to her. Once on the subway in the evening I sat across from a woman who looked like Andrea. I told him about the night before, about the woman I had met. Hector was meeting me before he went to see Carolyn. I had looked out the window at the stormy late June sky with Andrea on my mind. I had ordered another coffee with Andrea on my mind. By the time he got there I had already reviewed a few spreadsheets for work with Andrea on my mind. I dropped into a small place a few blocks away from my apartment, Michello’s. I woke up the next day to a rainy Sunday, showered, and went out for a sandwich and coffee. Then it was three, and we were still standing beside each other, and I said I needed to go. I can’t remember what kept me up on Monica’s roof through the June night so long besides Andrea’s smile. She said Monica had thought we should meet. She stepped away to grab a beer and I thought of walking out the door without saying goodbye. I was living in Brooklyn, she was living in Queens. Andrea asked me where I stayed in the city. We were both helping people spend money wisely. I said we both worked in financial advising. Andrea asked me about my job, about how long Monica and I had been working together. I had been at the party on the rooftop in Queens at night for an hour, and was on my way out when Monica stopped me. I had met Andrea three weeks before on a Saturday. I knew Monica from work and Andrea through Monica. I had spent the morning before on the phone with Andrea’s friend, Monica. I was picking up coffee for Elise and myself. I was walking across 47th Street on a Saturday in July, wearing chinos with a button-up shirt. The other being the touch of my fingers againstīitten, raw half-moons, wishing myself to be galaxies, See what I did there, a metaphor in both senses, Wistfulness, coloring friendships not broken but.ĭisintegrated. Only the most honest ones: long coffee nightsĭawning, EKGs quivering with every breath, color of These days, I sift through memories keeping To handle colors of dawn, prescriptions, hospital gowns. Growing back fluffy and right,īut also left. The last time you cried, each tear clung to Like the way it made me wait, your hair fall out,Ī falling out the shade of the spring tides. We still found ourselves retracing our stepsĪcross: the parking lot, an ocean, leukemia. Slipped through or gotten lost in any census. Searching for the comfort in craft stores ready to In some city that neither of us could call home. You can get in touch with our Support team if you have more questions, we are always happy to help! Select the Menu in the app, then "Contact us" and select your preferred method to contact us.AugEllen Zhang’s “So There We Were In Aisle 5” Unfortunately, we cannot cancel pending transfers. For now, your funds have been authorised and blocked by your bank but we will release them, should your transfer fail eventually. We will only debit your funds if the transfer is delivered successfully to your recipient. You will receive a push notification on your phone as soon as the transaction has been updated and processed. You can review the transfer details and also the visual map, we hope this will give you more clarity about where your transfer is at. The status in the app always gives you the most up to date information. We always try our best to give our customers a speedy service but in the unfortunate event of a delay, know we are working on it and doing our maximum with our partners to solve the issue affecting your transfer. We are sorry if your transfer is pending as we know how important it is for you that your transfer goes through.
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