Today I ran into this tent on the side of the Burt Gillman Trail just under I-5. It reads: “Lea! Call your F*!king voicemail”, and there is a heart with a question mark, as if to indicate that Lea needs to make a choice as to whether or not she wants love from this particular gentleman. (I use the word gentle-man loosely of course)
Dear Lea,
I assume you’ve checked your voicemail.
I assume that you are aware that this gentleman is looking for you.
I could be wrong, but…
He sounds angry.
Fucking angry.
And I bet he was angry before you stopped returning his calls.
If someone had that level of anger and entitlement to accessing me, I wouldn’t want to call them back either.
So, I just wanted to say,
I hope you don’t check your voice mail, and I hope that you don’t run into this gentleman today, or read his scare tactic, tomorrow, or the next day.
I hope that you are safe.
And far.
From this anger.
Because no one ever deserves to be treated like that.
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Seems kinda strange that it says to call you’re f*cking voicemail…
I mean, why not just call that person directly? Surely Lea must have known who would leave her a tarp message and have their number…you’d think.
And don’t you think the use of symbols in the curseword is interesting? I’m guessing that’s why you refer to him as a gentleman…because he didn’t actually spell it out, like all gentlemen would.
Or maybe that’s just another clue into this person’s lack of courage. “I’m not going to follow through with actually spelling out the word. And I don’t want you to call me directly.”
Interesting. So many nuances in roadside tarp messages….
how do you know the tent belongs to a male?
Hi Bryan….thanks for the question, I know it belonged to a male because I saw him several times… the tent was along the burke gillman trail where I run. Fun that you are reading my blog….always value your thoughts, hope that you are well.
gotcha. i hope Lea read your blog.
i just discovered your blog the day i first posted. i like it. ang & i are well. we are expecting a baby girl at the end of july!