March 27, 2020
Siri, Google "Etiquette tips for the children of murderers."
April 1, 2020
Nobody wants to hear the details of your dream.
Nobody.
Unless you have a two point set up and punchline,
I don't want to listen to your boring narrative that thrills only you.
So I will soft-focus my ears and
watch you instead,
watch you instead of listen to you,
watch how excited and amazed you are about
this movie you invented while you weren't even trying,
this movie you are intrigued and puzzled and fascinated by,
and maybe even a little in love with.
You made something,
or rather, your unconscious did
and it is still a thrill.
Nobody.
Unless you have a two point set up and punchline,
I don't want to listen to your boring narrative that thrills only you.
So I will soft-focus my ears and
watch you instead,
watch you instead of listen to you,
watch how excited and amazed you are about
this movie you invented while you weren't even trying,
this movie you are intrigued and puzzled and fascinated by,
and maybe even a little in love with.
You made something,
or rather, your unconscious did
and it is still a thrill.
April 4, 2020
I cry later.
Families who eat casseroles of cortisol know what I mean.
Shock and awe are our way,
so do the next thing,
move to help or
inform or
research or
call or
transfer funds or
Google interventions or
reach out or
call Western Union or
notify the funeral home.
No time for feeling. Not now. Not yet.
Families who eat casseroles of cortisol know what I mean.
Shock and awe are our way,
so do the next thing,
move to help or
inform or
research or
call or
transfer funds or
Google interventions or
reach out or
call Western Union or
notify the funeral home.
No time for feeling. Not now. Not yet.
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