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raze i will give you a different name to keep from calling you by the one that's yours. i will call you something. i will call you nothing. i will call you when i figure out who you are and where to reach you, and our voices will make a strong start before yours fades away, and there will be no dial tone when you're gone. 140724
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Soma How many people are there tonight?
Is there a bouncer?
The caller breathed heavily.

As he put the phone back on the shelf, he turned away from where he had been huddled with the bartenders to address us all. A few chattered over him, lighthearted giggles and good natured teases which dried away sharply with his tone.

“Shut the fuck up and listen to me seriously right now.”

The tentative camaraderie the dozen of us had cobbled together over the course of one evening melted away.

We had a call come in and we talked about it and considering everythinghe gestured to all of us and the world aboveyou should know that something felt off about it. I’m not saying you have to leave but you might want to.”

And as that feeling melted away, the crowd did too, eventually carrying me away with it into the darkness of the night.
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