Dear Laura, Love Jane

Jun 1, 2026 | 2026 Summer - Dear ___

By Jane Barnes

Dear Laura,

We never said goodbye in person. I haven’t seen you in 28 years. I learned via the internet that you are in San Francisco. I’m post-stroke and 82. 

I picture you bent over your guitar with that long blond hair. I was too old for you. We lasted for nine years. I had depression. You needed someone your age. Did it last with the Latina woman?

Thanks for the writing support. You are beautiful. I made you a trophy wife. I should have been with a reader. But you were a wonderful musician! Keep singing; voices don’t age. 

We did the best we could. I’ll always treasure our yellow house and you’re in everything that I write.

Love,
Jane

 

Jane Barnes, NYC, U.S., happily bisexual.

 

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