Mixtape

I have boxes of mixtapes. They fill cabinets and closets. I usually drag them out when I've had too much to drink, listening on headphones to what my life was like in 1993. Or 1994. Or 1995. You get the picture. I found one the other day. On one side, it was written in my handwriting, "I could've lied..." On the other side, it was written, "I'm such a fool." I popped it into my Lexus tape deck--it was like a "past me" wrote a love note to the "present me," to be found years and years hence. I could've lied. I'm such a fool.