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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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The Truth - I

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I told you
what you each
wanted to know-
all while
staring into
my tea mug,
watching the
reflections dance
on the shalacked
surface-
you listened,
like I knew
you would
and we fit right into
one of those
teen angst books
that other guy mocked
or one of those
textbook cases.
But it's not a textbook,
it's my life.
And this is
the only way
I can deal.
I kept repeating myself
and kept waiting
for it to
be fake.
I guess
what scared me
was that it
never did.

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