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i got some really disturbing news last night
as i was getting ready to going out
for a belated birthday celebration

a friend told me
that someone in the art world had died;
committed suicide
(that part was true)
but she had confused two names
what she didn't realize
was that the name she (mistakenly) said to me
was a friend of mine
(not close, but for many, many years)
i was in shock

and for about 5 hours
i thought my friend had killed himself
i couldn't cancel the dinner
so i went
and on the way took pictures for him
and now
i suppose i took pictures for someone i didn't know

i am so grateful that it was a mistake
but those 5 hours
were very real