A letter from Jun 02, 2026

Time Travelled — about 1 month

Peaceful right?

Dear Harley, It's June 2026. You're sitting at work, your left ovary is trying to commit war crimes, you're thinking about quitting O'Reilly's after 3.5 years, and tomorrow you have an interview. Right now everything feels uncertain. Maybe you've quit. Maybe you're still there. Maybe the interview went great. Maybe it didn't. What I want to know isn't whether everything worked out. I want to know if you're proud of yourself. Did you choose yourself for once? Did you stop apologizing for being tired? Did you remember that surviving isn't the same thing as living? And most importantly: Are you still writing? Love, Harley P.S. How's the pain now? Please tell me the ovary calmed down.

Epilogue

about 1 month later

Dear Harley,
It's August 2026.
I completely forgot you wrote this.
Which feels like a very us way for this to start.
I suppose we should go in order.
You...

'oer'islyl dntdi' tuiq.
To tarfe erotw got ewevale— iitsgnt dwgonenri uoy rhtee efrta if dsay anyilfl heh—rttsei nogig hesoco nad ufreylso ouy erfid eerht ysad ewer.
Ellt i bufuatlie cudlo eoms ouy nlsoes whis ttha in rthee saw i. Ps,uh a ttha a sreuinve nepsahp ro ttah ew eht eornsa enkw ynerheivgt orf endeed.
Ot od gnoig tno you mi' that to.
Fkuigcn sieneurv si lucer tujs tsmeoimes the.
Dha tenx the iirvteewn you ya?d ahtt dan.
Uoy bjo egt het ind'td.
Ayko tasht' btu.
Uoy asecebu frofdee a tonipsoi ntahore jbo. You it okot.
Rapst nmagrae won eoy'ru salse a.
Het otuba ahtt ided jepe het teh oto week a ach,os adn ned of atn'ws tggtein mewoohs refta ebuseca e,idrf even.
Yes. Ehpe.
I nwok.
Tbu tdon' naicp. A dnhoa ltpio own have we. S'hse orus reh amen rroy s'she is dna ,rde.
Esioenddrc cyasbalil oyu colepu a e,ksew sebalt anhdceg tetler of so gtvheniyre stih wnthii lwhie nrtgiiw.
Ndacehg wkor.
Eth cegandh acr.
Anehgdc efil.
Yuo uyo kown di'dtn tuo rkoedw geinetvryh ot dsai tnwa tehwreh.
'im said ttah you ldag.
Cebusae enygrvthei krwo tou n,o idd'tn.
Ewntad eles wnko gtimhnose oyu to but.
Uyo aer udpor uyselro?f fo.
Aehy.
Am calaytlu i.
Endhadl nveiryghte i ton rpyecflet abseeuc. I d'itnd.
Msoe tno revbyal aehcmrd adgrn syl''lroei coehs fo ommnte ni miianecct ylmsef adn tuo ecbuase i. 'ddnit atht get nmeotm i. Waay htta em swa mrfo ecicoh kneta.
Wfdartear ot i twha hsoeoc apedpneh but gto.
Ckba tgo i up.
I hte job koto theor.
Enw a i rotse aedlren.
Rgnmeaa i a bmecea.
Uto digreuf car unostiiat i eth.
To us fro kl,nrafy edcdied seltuaob ,wehn i itsh uot fo uejn a ggoni beta eht hiewl tepk.
:kas os hwen ouy.
Ouy ocn?e sfyulero ddi rfo hooecs.
Wnsear i teh sey ikhnt is.
Yuo usjt ayw it ni eht haenpp uodwl tno uhghtto.
The to tdn'di lir'el'yos i endgin tge eohsoc at.
Aftre nnngiibge i cohes came it eht htta.
Orf tdppoes ouy onplaiizogg sola enibg akeds i dtire fi.
No.
Rsryo im'.
Ttah wrngiok im' eno no tllis.
Orlma arett leik inflagi tlsli onhasxetui sotieemsm a i it's. I eb ohdsul lilst r,oegln rm,eo kewaa ayst eekp ot i do rkwo blea htkni igong moeesismt rdarh,e.
Ot ot be m'i uobta us gnityr indker it btu.
Hnet :ekdas uoy.
Ghint yuo as rnvvsigiu mrbmeree nig?ivl eht idd atth aesm ti'sn.
I'm tinkh anlyilf to i astrngti.
Sutj ie'v sbaeecu em keam noed thye gntsih pahpy.
Evi' to ogne rdpei. Gone 'vei ot movies. Tyeh em asbceue dlsiuurico elmfsy ltitel ei'v stinhg maek ilsem buy etl. I ueeniygln avhe ciextde sapnl butao m'i. Tl,iacnoso hte to we ot retaylpanp lfiigmn for tadeeh ot going abeeusc mcarh vaylirr turnrclye m'i enxt giflny nthe kdin fo adn gmea yekhoc enincsriogd nrsope roatenlm nwo aer isvti t'stha lnaotmih a.
We levo roaleuanebsn sillt natuom e,ys aks, oyu nad rbfoee eahns na ayil and.
'ndot gsihnt msoe gaechn.
Lacdel hte sbgirn yuo ot hte em imotrpnat most ouetnisq oen hwihc.
T?wingir stlil rae you.
Sey.
Si oto taht nreaws alctcdeiomp.
I inwttre as i i had ihsw as hnva'et hucm. Sha scrsethte rgnwtii ewher ahev drha ebne bnee reeht. Odnuar uhiifennds tdipus oetsrsi llsit itwigan nstigit em eytlauobls fo heter ear emburn ofr na.
Stosrei eth but tdndi' evlae.
Rinehte ddi i.
I eraect litsl. Tpu eecisp difn ymfsle i htem of sndeii hccetraasr and litls. Ltlis tn'ow nlaeo tulin i mhte me haed eparpa twih ym lvaee ni do htat i etnsoihgm avhe eesncs.
Iwtrer m'i sltil a.
Yuo litsl 'im.
Ieehtygnvr anrheneudt eht rwtoe to enqouits nkith uyo dan renaws aht'ts tylmituale i eth.
Ta athw itnstig was uyo rewe orwk edai to epanhp on 2 on whit taoub neuj. Yuo know ecanhg eedend c,nehga nwke keil ietshgomn swa oolk whta to uyo ogign tub idnt'd to.
I e,lart otw xten somhnt pahnpse ltils wtah ot'nd wkon.
Onw? rhgti but.
'mi reeh.
I'm hmsitgeno lundgibi new.
Inindgf ishtng dowrrfa to ot mi' kolo.
Sniedat vsevuir ytigrn 'im yremle fo eilv to.
Aleyrh dna hea,y.
Of pourd mi' us.
Vlo,e.
Yahrel.
P. S. In yuaeetllnv dnwo teh ,did fukc rovay ,afct cmla hte. Uyo orf rcoecnn tkanh yuor.
P. P. S. Iead no ahtw atobu of olcupe fuinkgc uyo rae leoris,ysu look het ot txen veha elki skwee. Vdaeacn yrros ni. ❤️.

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