bittersweet

i'm dying the note said
and the other travels all
day and all night, drops
everything in that moment &
arrives quickly and sees that
the other is really ok. maybe.

-...we're all dying eventually.

that's not funny.

-some sooner than others.

what is wrong?

-they don't have a name for it yet. it's a new dis-
ease.

what do you want me to do with
these?

-please ...

he stopped he
didn't know the
words anymore.

i drove all this way.

-you're right. just stay.

don't play games.

-i'm not. i'm dying.

we're all dying.

-exactly, just some
sooner than others,
a bittersweet realization
that just kinda came to me
and i didn't think you would
appear here.

i didn't think i would either. i mean,
i didn't think about it at all ... of course.

-of course.

in the morning they had breakfast. she
laughed at his attempts at jokes then
left, never to see him again.