10 Reasons Why Your Right Eye Is Twitching
10 Reasons Why
Your Right Eye Is Twitching
1. The French
press of dark roast
in a travel
thermos, sweetened
with
amaretto liqueur before 10 am.
2. The letter
from the IRS kindly
thanking in
order to inform, this
year’s
overpayment will be
conveniently
applied to
’07,
’08, ’09.
3. The tax
refund you get for
raising
your baby sister’s babies
should not
pay for the sins of
the woman
you thought you were
a decade
ago.
4. This is
penance.
5. Your story
is a uniform worn for
strangers.
Spring weather is too
warm for
cloaks, too bright to
hide your
shame.
6. You can feel
the fibroids
tugging
your uterus up and
over
themselves, settling into the
warmth.
But, you have not told a soul
except your
accountant, who held you
close and
prayed as you wept. She
noticed the
tremble in your voice and
hand when
she tore the check.
She saw
you.
7. You are
surrounded by laundry,
almost
constantly.
8. You are
jealous of their freedom. They
are data
points pinged from towers
across
state lines with no budget for
gas,
activities or snacks. They are text
messages of
good will, dredged in guilt.
Relieved
voice mail messages.
Proof of
life in your palm, your phone
a grenade.
9. You tanked
another deadline. You are
afraid that
you might be as brilliant as
you
pretend. And, who will watch the
children
and ignore the laundry while
you are
away, breathing your own air?
10. You are not supposed to write, and cry
and drink
about all of it, always. You are
supposed to
know when to say no to
the ice
cream man. Explain why there is
no money or
necessity for year books
in
elementary school. Teach the concept
of never
versus forever to children who
are younger
than your debt.
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