What was I writing about?
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Here we go.
I’ve got it.
It’s coming …
No.
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I just …
I had it …
It was right on the tip of my …
No.
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Dammit.
What’s that word?
It starts with a W.
I know it does.
Or … was it an M?
I get those mixed up sometimes.
One looks the same as the other – it’s just upside down.
It’s like b and d.
One looks the same as the other – it’s just backwards.
Have you ever noticed that?
Letters have patterns.
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I just noticed something else.
Both “letters” and “patterns” have a double T.
That’s weird.
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What was I writing about?
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Can’t quite … remember …
It was right on the tip of my …
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Hang on.
Was it seagulls?
Yes! It was seagulls!
Well done!
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Now …
what were the seagulls doing?
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Um …
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Was I writing about …
what it must be like to feel free
when soaring far above the sea?
Or …
what seagulls sound like
when they’re cawing raucously in a pack?
(“Mine! Mine! Mine!”)
Or …
how mischievous seagulls behave
when they’re stealing hot chips?
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I can’t remember.
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I do remember the time
that mangy seagull with one leg
stole our hot chips at a picnic
and pooped all over my mother’s handbag.
Ha!
Everyone found that hilarious.
Except Mum.
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This isn’t helping …
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Come on.
Get your mind on the job!
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Now …
What was I writing about?
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…
…
…
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Hello?
Oh, hi, Jade!
What’s that?
Yes, I’d love to meet you for lunch!
See you at twelve!
Bye!
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(sigh)
(laptop lid slams shut)
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