See You Later, Alligator
I’ll be different the next time I write here.
I’ll be different the next time I write here.
How am I still at Starbucks? Why did I even go to college? What am I even doing here?
Asher: Unproblematic king.
I’m not an uptight Dutch penny pincher who believes that “fun” isn’t a line item on a budget.
The feeling of being free is one I now know to be fleeting, its sheen never brighter than the sharpness of the world that cuts back.
My story has had one thousand happy endings.
Given the pale faces and dropped jaws that people exhibited in response to my description of the surgery plan, perhaps I should’ve had slightly more sober expectations…
I realized I could sing along to a song or two from most of the regulars, and I’d started making friends.
I felt the performance begin—that stool was a stage and I was an actor.
It feels a little bit like entrapment when we’re told to commit ourselves to an entire community without thoroughly vetting everyone.