Long Forgotten

by Vaiju Joshi

Its been 6 years, 3 months and 21 days since I last saw you. It is not like I have been counting the days or anything, there are days when I don’t even think of you. It is just that when I made an appointment with the hairdresser this morning for next Tuesday, I remembered it was your birthday that day. I knew then that no matter how hard I tried, I would never be able to forget this date. So I leaned over and told the hairdresser that it was your birthday. And even as she stared at me, I told her that I hadn’t seen you for the past 6 years, 3 months and 21 days.

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Vaiju Joshi's short stories have won some prizes in Australia and the UK over the years. There have been plenty of times when she never heard back from a lot of people.