MC #10: See this, talk more

I always go for the weird ones. Adrienne introduced us but you remained quiet for at least an hour around that table. And when you finally spoke it was monosyllabic for at least 30 minutes.

“Where are you from originally?” I inquired.

“Flint.”

“Why’d you move here?”

“Work.”

“What do you love to do for fun?”

“Walk.”

You were possible the most uninteresting person I’d ever met. So I ignored you and cherished my conversations for the next 20 minutes.

Then I noticed the stareing. You were piercing my soul. Oddly enough, I enjoyed it. Already we seemed intimate.

Fast forward and I got a few more details from you and a “yes” when we went upstairs to my place.

After it was over I began to yearn for details, satisfaction, and verbal companionship. I drilled you verbally and made you weep. I apologize. Maybe it was verbal abuse but I look at it as therapy.

You told me that you were afraid of being corrected during a conversation so much that you stopped speaking. Terrified of a corrigendum, you drifted through interpersonal interactions without connection or without enjoyment.

I hope I fixed you. I hope you read this. I hope you talk now.

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