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MookieRoo

MookieRoo

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MookieRoo
MookieRoo
Jun 20, 2018 · 1 min read

I like to watch people eat.

At Whole Foods today, the older man next to me sits down alone, immediately rips into his pastry, devours it, sips his coffee…

MookieRoo
MookieRoo
Oct 17, 2017 · 1 min read

Do Not

Do not wipe my tears,

kiss my forehead

tell me to

stop crying.

I will not stop those

fat tears that burn my cheeks

MookieRoo
MookieRoo
Oct 9, 2017 · 1 min read

The Price of Coffee

In the hipster cafe

where you must know

a foreign language

to order a drink,

where your drink comes with a

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MookieRoo
MookieRoo
Oct 9, 2017 · 1 min read

It is the last days of our marriage. The days of waiting to move out. Of awkward coexistence.

He has been cleaning his guns all afternoon.

Dinner time comes and I sit with my back to the kitchen.

My children at the table.

MookieRoo
MookieRoo
Sep 1, 2017 · 2 min read

I am sorry for not always cooking meat for dinner, I know how important that is for your big, manly muscles.

I am sorry for sometimes giving you a too small fork, I know how hard that is to eat with.

I am sorry for not running to put on the fancy red dress and kitten heels you got me for Valentine’s…