How To Act In A Coffee Shop or How To Make A Complete Fool Of Yourself
I saw the green hat through the window first, but that's all I saw. Floating atop the black pea coat that I think extended down past her calves. I didn't see her face or even her hair. I didn't see the shoes. Shoes are like tires. Did you ever think of that? Some really nice cars have some really plain tires and some people don't seem to mind. I've always looked at the tires. But I didn't see the shoes. I didn't look long enough. I always do that. I think it's because I don't want people to see that I'm so bored with myself that I have to check everyone else out. I'm not sure. I'll do this thing where I give less than a passing glance and then instantly regret it. Now it's too late to get a full look because if I turn now it will have been a double-take and you never see Humphrey Bogart do a double-take. Relationships are like a rubber band, see. You have to pull back a bit and they will be more interested in you. So it's better if you sit with your legs crossed and read your book and don't look up unless you are pondering or taking a sip. If I had seen the green hat hanging on a sale rack or even perched on a mannequin I would not have thought much of it. I might have shrugged. But now it was alive and good and I didn't think it was too bold. I usually try to sit with my back to the wall so I can see the rest of the room and especially the people who enter, but this time I had isolated myself with a limited view. It's always the time you neglect to pay attention to the seating arrangement. I wanted to see the green hat again. What would she look like? But I mostly just wanted to see the green hat.
Don't do it. You don't want to see the green hat again. Because it will only be awkward and I know what's best for you. But you don't even know the whole story. I know that it hasn't been good lately and I know that you're better off this way. But so what if that's true and maybe I am still interested in the green hat? Well, I just think that you have to respect yourself more and there's no reason why you should put up with that and I think it would be wise to just get up and shake it off, I mean really shake it off, make a noise like you're shaking it off if you have to, and just leave, having shook it off. I don't know if I'm ready to leave. Sometimes you are never ready for something until you do it. Sometimes you do what you don't want to do and that's how you discipline yourself. That sounds good but it also sounds like an excuse. Maybe it is. Come on, just get up and shake it off and leave with your reputation intact. My reputation of doing ludicrous things just to get a laugh. That's right. So now I'm a clown.
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