Ten.Two Thousand & Twelve
Let’s make it an easy day.
I pull on the sweater and feel its softness against the skin.
This at 6:30 in the morning is too much. Too much.
I watch the hours creep by. I should have been gone by now, but there is still more to do.
The sunlight on the rhododendron and the way the thin purple leaves seem to glow.
Crunch, crunch, crunch. The sound of gravel underneath the foot. The sound of gravel underneath a truck tire. The sound of gravel underneath the wheels of the golf cart.
Everyone else knows about him now. At least I, too, know when things will supposedly change.
She looks me in the eye. “One by one, like dominoes,” I say before I walk back to the car.
“This New Moon in Taurus, make it your mission to mingle through the art collectives, salons, and covens that most inspire you.” - May 19th, Chani horoscope
I will feel regret tomorrow for drinking this milkshake. But for now, pleasure.
