Tag: mental health
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Interrobang: The Soap Opera
Interrobang: The Soap Opera April 2006 “I know those dogs! I know this baby! Hello!!!” the woman chirped excitedly, quickening her steps and looking at my child in the stroller with delight in her eyes. As her gaze shifted to me, she queried “Are you the new nanny?”In an instant, my body learned the meaning…
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My Truman Show
My Truman Show November 2020 Bad mammogram. One of the scariest phrases I know. My maternal grandmother, who I look like so much it’s uncanny, had breast cancer. I have always assumed that because we are so alike genetically, it is a foregone conclusion that I will get it one day.I’d had a follow up…
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Interrobang Poem
Interrobang Poem Cognitive dissonanceWith a twist?And a spike!Or is it a dagger?! Twisting around in the folds of my brainThe spike is vodka, or is it tequila…Clarity.Dissonant clarity.Dagger twists and opens the foldsThat I have fought so hard to keep shuttered. Victorian shuttersKeep the madwoman in the attic.They fly open from time to timeFlames and…
Interrobang Me Hard, Baby 