You took 11 minutes to answer

And now my wrists smell like lavender essential oils

Because the 11 ways you might have taken my text the wrong way

Are making my head pulsate

And lavender

Helps

You don’t have your read receipts on

Is that better? Or worse?

Have you fallen asleep? Did your dog run out unexpectedly? Are you chasing him down the side of the road?

Did all this inconveniently happen right after I told you that thing, that thing that made me only slightly vulnerable and now you’re not answering because your phone was forgotten along with your shoes as you sprinted after spike?

Oh,

Never mind.

You answered.