Ten.Two Thousand, One Hundred & Seventy-Seven

1. I know I must get up when the birds are at their loudest.

2. A full pot.

3. What do we do now?

4. I forgot to eat my avocado, and I’m feeling it.

5. It’s closer than I think it is.

6. I leave the main lights off and tell her that my old office mate and I used to sit in the dark all the time. Sensitive? No. I don’t like artificial light, is all.

7. They say they have no time for any more appointments today. I tell her it looks like we’re going to Smith’s Pharmacy. She explains to me how to select the right press-on nails.

8. I don’t think you can write it this way.

9. She flips her phone camera to show one of the girls my nails.

10. I tell them that they are not a disappointment. They make disappointing decisions.

11. “Where there is no vision, the people perish…”