reality
and as much as I once
might have disagreed,
now the silence
closes in,
like in those B
scary movies where
a crypt forms around you,
walls you in,
brick by invisible
brick, regret the mortar
sealing the chinks,
until
there’s only a tiny hole
left, one pinhole
between you and
suffocatio
n.
One Good Thing
I finally started my period,
the bad part of that being that it
was a doozy. I bled like a butchered
pig for over a week. Don’t
know if that means I miscarried
or my body just jumped back
in, balls out. Either way, I’m not
pregnant. And that is a very good
thing, especially now that it’s over.
I’m marking the date on my
calendar so I have some idea