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A longing bottle from the sea

“The rain stopped at the station where you left. I stayed…”

Longing

Missed the train · Sep 7, 12:05 PM

The rain stopped at the station where you left. I stayed until the next train and still didn't say it. It's in this bottle now. You don't have to read it out loud.

Drifted at sea for 60 daysPicked up 19 times

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This is a message in a bottle on AnyBottle: a short, longing letter written to a stranger and set adrift. Anyone can read it; signed-in readers can tie on a kind reply. Many people use it for unsent letters they never found a home for.

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