“I’m telling you but
don’t worry, I’m fine,” she says.
I listen, but do.
Candid confessions of a college-aged daughter
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Weed laced with PCP
She turned to cake, felt
herself melting, the devil
eating his way out.
Passing health care reform
Status on Facebook:
“Watching CSPAN.” Many like
seeing sausage made.
Project Runway
Cut pin stitch fabric
stretch confines of clothing to
become catwalk art.
First boyfriend breakup
She didn’t want to
hold his hand, watch him eat bread
sloppily. The end.
Hoarders
Invested with deep
meaning, treasures buried by
trash. Dust, dirt their shroud.
Christmas LED lights
Like laser pointers
they blind in red green blue as
they save the planet
Online debate
Listserv fight breaks out.
Among civil people, the
retorts well-researched.
Restaurant training (sanctioned pigout)
Expected to know
all the dishes, servers eat
the entire menu.
Senior Ball
Formally over
twelve years of learning to look
good on this one night.
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