How to Survive
Drink water Unclench your jaw Take a deep breath Take several Be unoriginal Reach out to someone you need Check in on someone who may need you Go to sleep Get up Keep drinking water Keep breathing
What Remains
The alcohol prep pad on the floor(that I picked up then andwhich has traveled back home with me)The box of wound dressing blocking the middle of the TV screenThe throw pillow cover, empty the pillowon the stained loveseat The package
On A Young Early-Bloomer as I Had Been
I’ve seen her a handful of timesbeforeToday Her outfit intentional(a little risque?)(am I simply too long out of that age range) But I remember the feeling Her back straightenedas she passes someone certainschoolmates maybe Her friendwhose hands flew to covermuch
From “Katina” by Roald Dahl
Har not the hills that very morning turned and looked northward towards Tepelene where they had seen a thousand German aircraft gathered under the shadow of Olympus? Was it not true that the snow on the top of Dodona had