{"id":3680,"date":"2015-11-23T21:44:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T16:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3928"},"modified":"2015-11-23T21:44:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T16:14:36","slug":"what-if-i-hadnt-phoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/what-if-i-hadnt-phoned\/","title":{"rendered":"What If I Hadn\u2019t Phoned?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Monday Poem:<\/p>\n<p>MARRIAGE<br \/>\nby Lawrence Raab<\/p>\n<p>Years later they find themselves talking<br \/>\nabout chances, moments when their lives<br \/>\nmight have swerved off<br \/>\nfor the smallest reason.<br \/>\nWhat if<br \/>\nI hadn&#8217;t phoned, he says, that morning?<br \/>\nWhat if you&#8217;d been out,<br \/>\nas you were when I tried three times<br \/>\nthe night before?<br \/>\nThen she tells him a secret.<br \/>\nShe&#8217;d been there all evening, and she knew<br \/>\nhe was the one calling, which was why<br \/>\nshe hadn&#8217;t answered.<br \/>\nBecause she felt-<br \/>\nbecause she was certain-her life would change<br \/>\nif she picked up the phone, said hello,<br \/>\nsaid, I was just thinking<br \/>\nof you.<br \/>\nI was afraid,<br \/>\nshe tells him. And in the morning<br \/>\nI also knew it was you, but I just<br \/>\nanswered the phone<br \/>\nthe way anyone<br \/>\nanswers a phone when it starts to ring,<br \/>\nnot thinking you have a choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Monday Poem:<\/p>\n<p>MARRIAGE<br \/>\nby Lawrence Raab<\/p>\n<p>Years later they find themselves talking<br \/>\nabout chances, moments when their lives<br \/>\nmight have swerved off<br \/>\nfor the smallest reason.<br \/>\nWhat if<br \/>\nI hadn&#8217;t phoned, he says, that morning?<br \/>\nWhat if you&#8217;d been out,<br \/>\nas you were when I tried three times<br \/>\nthe night before?<br \/>\nThen she tells him a secret.<br \/>\nShe&#8217;d been there all evening, and she knew<br \/>\nhe was the one calling, which was why<br \/>\nshe hadn&#8217;t answered.<br \/>\nBecause she felt-<br \/>\nbecause she was certain-her life would change<br \/>\nif she picked up the phone, said hello,<br \/>\nsaid, I was just thinking<br \/>\nof you.<br \/>\nI was afraid,<br \/>\nshe tells him. 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