There are certain social niceties we learn growing up. Say “please” and “thank you.” Eat your vegetables. Knock…
I try so hard to be easy to love
To smile
She walks to the store exhausted her hair a mess
holding on to her baby and her other two children following behind.
The crying of the children makes the other people
stare and point and whisper.
A man I once dated said I intimidated him,I replied “well — excuse me gentlemen”(We were with friends)I don’t make amends — for myCunning wit, and ICan’t expect everyone to play the gameYet I remainEver loyal to the causeBecauseI think the articulation of one’s thoughtsIs the only true way to get…
By now, most everyone knows that I survived mental and emotional domestic abuse that was so debilitating, I suffered an aneurysm. Even as I lay…