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I going tell somebody wat dey wen do fo me

@fiverivers Narrated by Chuck Goode 2:06 27 shots

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I wen tell dem. Not one general kine thanks, da specific ting, and I could hear um land on da oddah end. I going do dis way mo often, cuz um wen take about nine seconds and um very obviously nevah wen land inside one empty room. No mo reason fo hold on to someting wea da only value stay in getting handed ovah.

Get one pause on da oddah end dat mean somebody nevah was expecting dis. Den one laugh dat stay little bit off balance. Dey nevah had one answer ready, and dass exactly how I know um was worth saying. People get answers ready fo da tings dey hear plenny. Get one warmth on da line dat neither one of us going mention out loud.

I wen tink dis one hundred times and I wen say um precisely nevah. I wen assume dey know awready. People almos nevah know, and I of all people should undastand dat, cuz I no know either wen um pointing in my direction. Get one enormous amount of appreciation inside da world dat nevah get transmitted, sitting inside people heads wea um do no work at all fo nobody. I been contributing to dat pile my whole life while quietly wishing somebody would empty dea own in my direction. Both halves of dat stay mine fo fix and only one of dem stay inside my control. I been waiting fo receive someting dat I was refusing fo send, and dat not one position I can defend.

Naming da exact ting, dass wat make um real. Thanks fo everyting mean notting, cuz um could have been said to anybody about anyting at all. Thanks fo dat Tuesday dey wen stay late, dat land somewea specific and um stay dea, sometimes fo years. Specificity, dass da whole mechanism. One general compliment, dass one pleasant noise dat evaporate on contact. One specific one, dass evidence dat somebody actually was paying attention, and attention, dass among da mos rare tings one person can hand one oddah person.

So I going send da message and I going name da exact ting dey wen do. One specific act, described plain, wit no hedging around um and no joke at da end fo take da weight off. Da joke at da end, dass da part dat undo um, and I been using dat joke my whole life fo avoid da risk of meaning someting out loud.

Wen say um. Um wen cost me notting, and I tink um wen make dea week.