[the Writing of Kuypers]
it was the strangest thing:
the email said
and that’s all it said
so I was trying to look
and there was nothing
and I was thinking, wait,
but that’s okay
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Ninety Percent Sure
(Dreams 07/06/06 One)
07/06/06
you know how I have old computers
in my bedroom downstairs?
I keep them there
because they still run enough
that I can have images display
on their screens
when I have people over
well anyways,
I remembered being in the bedroom downstairs
checking my email
(and trust me,
these computers downstairs
don’t have the software
and don’t have web access,
so I don’t know where
this idea came from)
but I was checking my email
on my computer downstairs
and I got an email
from a friend living across the country
that I would visit
when I travel in a month
but this email sent to me
was in web format
and the type was larger
and it looked almost like
a handwriting font was used
in his short email message
something to the effect of
(in a large handwriting typeface)
“well, maybe you should know by now
that I’m like ninety percent sure
that I’m gay”
at the long list
of previous replied-to messages
at the bottom of his email
to see if there was anything
written about this before
this guy is married
with children
and he’s telling me
he’s ninety percent sure
he’s gay?
I didn’t know if this was a joke or not
I mean,
how are you ninety percent sure?
so I yelled for my husband
“hey, can you come in here,
there’s an email I want you to read”
but I can’t remember
if he came in
to read the email
that email doesn’t exist
and I can’t even use
the computers downstairs anyway
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