“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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“I’m telling you but
don’t worry, I’m fine,” she says.
I listen, but do.
Tag Archives: fear
Weed laced with PCP
She turned to cake, felt
herself melting, the devil
eating his way out.
Inside the doctor’s exam room
Either it’s a loud
HVAC system or
white noise to mask fear.
In the doctor’s office
Perched on the exam
table like a rib roast on
white butcher paper.
Hoarders
Invested with deep
meaning, treasures buried by
trash. Dust, dirt their shroud.
Fishbowl
Bored orange nibbles
away black’s filmy fins. Sad
stubs flail lost beauty.
Unemployed Christmas
Can days be merry
and bright? Jobs – like ornaments –
fragile, out of reach.
Prom group
She can’t stand her. He’s
her ex, so don’t include them.
Can’t we go alone?
Prom date
Deciding who to
take like negotiating
Mideast peace treaty.
Online life on the line
He sent sensitive
documents to a stranger
thinking it was me.
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