One of my students must be psychic. After class today she approached me: Teacher, I’m going to be sick tomorrow so I won’t be at class. I got an explanatory e-mail from another student: I was absent from your class today because I am in bad condition.
Read moreMonth: January 2011
Can’t Take It
Last night I went to bed around 7:00 after Eleni, Jason and the person with the tiny face left. By 8:00 I was a sobbing fool, so I called my girleen who said I could come visit. I jumped in my car at that stupid hour and arrived, very tired, at 9:00. Jason was in the process of building a fire because he knows how much I like fires, but I ignored him and headed […]
Read moreIs It Asking Too Much?
All I want is to live with Emmy, Jason, Eleni, MF, Molly and Katie. I want my mother to live right next door. And two doors down in various directions I want all my best friends. I’m tired of being lonely. I’m tired of being terrified each day of what lies ahead in the classroom. I’m tired of waves of anxiety so dense I can barely breathe. I know I should see all these things […]
Read moreTruck on the Highway
My dear TJ indulged my every whim, as usual. I wanted to write haikus. 5, 7, 5. Here’s TJ’s: Delicate seed pods Horny stalks, icy root gobs. Oh, my achin’ back. And here’s what came trippin’ off my less poetic fingers: Truck on the highway Who’s that dumb chick in the road? We all have to die.
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