things i've never said

"it is what it is."

"would i lie to you?"

"because i'm the mom and i say so."

"my bad."

(edited to add) "it's a no-brainer."

rest in peace, april. and thank you, global warming/mother nature, for the soft, unfrozen dirt in our back yard. our pet cemetery includes: two gerbils (murdered*), one poisson (gold colored, long lived), two hermit crabs (with romantic associations, not necessarily to each other), and one sweetheart of a guinea pig.

i work here, and look out this window, and the sunlight is changing, changing. the passing traffic can sound like the ocean if you squint your eyes just right.

this is what happens in my bed after i get up in the morning.



*involuntary manslaughter?