48 and DIVORCED and I saw their group chat, my old college friends from way back, so vibrant and funny and full of life but I'm never invited, never, and I wonder what I did, every single day, every day, because I chose practicality over my art but it feels like the wrong choice, the WRONG choice, and now it's just me and this mess.
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