Beeep. The oven is preheated
Guess that school degree can wait.
What's for dinner?
~
Why don't you tell me
instead
Tell me it'll all be ok when
I'm down and out
Say, "Don't worry about the trash,
I'll take it out."
~
Why don't you do it
instead
Become a world-ignored juggler
work, family, spouse
All in the air, none for me except
work, animals, house.
~
Care-giver not Care-taker?
Give care to everyone and take none for me.
Beeep. That load of laundry is ready to be switched.
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Day 4 of Quitting
If this is how sobriety feels, maybe it’s better to go through life a little buzzed… this, along with other hits like, I want to kill myself, I wish I was dead, and I’m going to throw myself off a bridge have been the only thoughts on rotation these past few days. I promise myself that if, in a month, I still feel like this (‘this’ meaning despondent, full of rage, and simultaneously numb) I can go back to smoking. Until mid-February though? Nicotine is off the table.
By sleepy drafts5 days ago in Longevity
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Amazing
Lol why would they want you to become a world-ignored juggler, especially since you’re such an amazing poet! Great work!