because I saw her on Instagram
thought it would be interesting
to see how she was now so many
years later long after she divorced
her first husband who would
walk with me to Seven Eleven
he and I were possibly the only two people
to order Bubble Gum ice cream
seven days in a row we bonded over that
ice cream he became a psychiatrist
married again so did she he called
in the pandemic found me even though
I am Esther Cohen and there are thousands of us
maybe even millions
he said he remembered the bubble gum ice cream
he said my old roommate was a different person
now I didn’t believe him so i wrote to her
and said What Would You Say About Yourself
After All These Years and she replied right away.
I’m a different person now she said.
What I cherish is those of us who have the same level of difference. It's not "different-different" but "evolved different" > as it should be for those keenly paying attention to the influences of the details of our stories....
renewing!