The Ringtone Is Different When It's Her
Default for the world. Piano for my wife. Silence for the woman I should have blocked.
My wife hears the default tone and thinks it's delivery drivers.
She hears the piano piece and knows it's her sister or her mom.
The woman from the conference gets vibration only—no sound, no preview on the lock screen.
I engineered intimacy like a coward with a settings menu.
Last week my wife picked up my phone by mistake. Screen was off. Timing saved me.
I am not saved. I am postponed.
I change ringtones when anxiety spikes. It's maintenance on a machine I should smash.
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