“How are you?”
\nI give the universal “ugh” response.\u00c2\u00a0 Mind a bit … elsewhere.
\n“Go to pride at all?”
\n“No,” I say flatly.\u00c2\u00a0 She looks more than a little disappointed.\u00c2\u00a0 It takes me a second to register… maybe my lack of a showing at “Pride” fails a test of solidarity in the wake of a catastrophic hate crime, so I say “Sorry?”
\nQuickly, she shuffles forth with “About?”
\n“That I didn’t see the parade.”
\n“Oh, no.\u00c2\u00a0 No.”\u00c2\u00a0 Clearly not wanting to make me feel like a dick, “The parade was oh so long this year.”<\/p>\n
Shortly she’d learn of a more immediate loss for me, and I suppose things would come around to make her feel like a dick.\u00c2\u00a0 The reality of her disappointment was probably along the lines of “failing to engage in topic the moment.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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