Tomorrow she takes
a test that may very well
determine her life.
PSAT
1
Tomorrow she takes
a test that may very well
determine her life.
Tomorrow she takes
a test that may very well
determine her life.
Life is a series
of trial runs. So when practice
is over, it’s time.
People link to me.
Complete strangers think my words
have validity.
Today it didn’t
happen. But I thought it would.
What does Facade say?
Breakfast meeting. Lunch
meeting. Outside, homeless men
plead, Will work for food.
When you’re not here we
skip dinner, fall asleep with
the TV still on.
I’m unsure whether
joy or terror will greet the
news that I am live.
Opportunity
is knocking. Finally, I
will open the door.
The spareness of what
I write contrasts with my
cluttered existence.
J spilled nail polish
remover on my mother’s
chest. I screamed, then cried.