A night bottle from the sea

“2:17. The fridge light is brighter than the room. I counted…”

Night

2:17 · Sep 11, 6:17 PM

2:17. The fridge light is brighter than the room. I counted thirteen heartbeats and decided to send this farther away: you don't have to be okay yet.

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This is a message in a bottle on AnyBottle: a short, night 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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