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2005 era. Benny St. cor Blumentritt, Manila.
ape: since i was a just lil kid, i have this thought about people following and leaving lines. an invisible fluid-like line of some sort that each person has. that each person traces. the line starts when a soul is conceived and ends when a person dies. and these lines are scattered all over the world. if it were to be visible, the earth would look like a giant ball of yarn. and these lines get tangled with other lines, sometimes for long periods of time, sometimes for just a few seconds…
cat: yea… and maybe we can say that sometimes people trace a common line at one point of their lives, or maybe they shared their lines and it became one… right? then it’ll either break into two lines again or just continue on flowing…
ape: hmm, yea, you made it sound like a spice girls song though
cat: hehehe. jerk.
2008 era. Pasong Tamo cor Buendia, Makati.
cat: i remember years ago you told me about something about a line that each person has, back in your old apartment…
ape: hehe yea, i think our lines broke and went on separate directions but somehow got tangled again, though in a different way this time. i think we will be good friends for a very long time
cat: why? because we proved we are both jerks? hehe
ape: maybe. but then again, aint we all?
jerk (jûrk)
v. jerked, jerk·ing, jerks
1. To give a sudden quick thrust, push, pull, or twist to.
2. To throw or toss with a quick abrupt motion.
3. To utter abruptly or sharply: jerked out the answer.
4. To make and serve (ice-cream sodas, for example) at a soda fountain.
5. Sports To press (a weight) overhead from shoulder height in a quick motion.
v. intr.
1. To move in sudden abrupt motions; jolt: The train jerked forward.
2. To make spasmodic motions: My legs jerked from fatigue.
n.
1. A sudden abrupt motion, such as a yank or twist.
2. A jolting or lurching motion.
3. Physiology A sudden reflexive or spasmodic muscular movement.
4. jerks Involuntary convulsive twitching often resulting from excitement. Often used with the.
5. Slang A foolish, rude, or contemptible person.
6. Sports A lift in which the weight is heaved overhead from shoulder height with a quick motion.“Humans are born jerks.”
-me