Themes
Anxiety Break
things have been going so well that she’s taking an anxiety break to keep centered
Apathy
I don’t care if no one likes it, she said, unless no one likes it.
Attack Dog
My aunt had a poodle she dressed in little red sweaters with little dangly ball things & I don’t think it was any wonder that dog was so vicious.
Autumns
I moved a lot when I was young & I still ache a bit at the thought of all those autumns in new & unfamiliar landscapes.
Avoidance
I’ve learned not to look too closely, she said. Otherwise I’d just keep finding out stuff that’d bug me & we’d never get along.
Avoiding Stuff
Feeding anything that looks even vaguely fierce,
since he doesn’t feel like dealing with
that kind of stuff today
Almost Beyond
She laid on my chest & her breathing filled me almost to beyond what I could hold.
Almost New Age
Is willing to accept that she creates her own reality except for some of the parts where she can’t help but wonder what the hell she was thinking
American Dream
sort of spiritual with a real fondness for fast cars, so, of course, he reincarnated as an American
Aerobics
Death take me now & spare me the pain, she said. It was difficult for me to get that excited. Get a grip, I said, it’s only aerobics.
Afterlife
He wouldn’t eat lobster the first time. He said it looked too dangerous & he couldn’t be sure it wasn’t watching from the astral plane or wherever lobsters went when they tired of being food items.
Aiming Low
I need you to come home soon, she said. I’m walking around like a woman who’s let herself go.
Aimless
We always thought she was riding backwards until the day she pointed out that the horse didn’t really have any idea which way he was going either. (Going forward sometimes takes a long time going back, she said.) (Piles of stuff she hasn’t looked at since college)
Alice
I’m old enough to wear red boots any time I want, she said. She wanted to be buried in them, but her son had them put her in taupe pumps instead. She wore red all winter long so the ambulance could find her quicker if she fell in a snow bank & also it hides dirt. She had married early & had always been a pragmatist.
All Hell
someone asked them to be quiet, so it’s just a matter of time before all hell breaks loose
All Thumbs
Frankenstein bringing another pile of fruit salad to the potluck because he’s all thumbs in the kitchen.
Abstract Love
I’m an animal lover in the abstract, he said. What does that mean? I said. It means I try not to think about them a whole lot, because pet hair makes me queasy.
Acting Challenge
important to look knowledgable, but not important enough to actually know anything, so he’ll probably do fine as an actor
Advantage
I’m fastest, he said, when I’m the one that gets to say go.
Adventure of a Lifetime
off on another adventure of a lifetime & hoping he won’t forget halfway through this time