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Red Light Green Light
When the comedian on morning radio makes a joke about white women who think the universe is telling them something I think I would quit— everything— if I could. The traffic’s just-before-rush-hour pattern, cars darting lane to lane, all speed and brake, mirrors my constant rearrangement of the day’s dull…
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Insomnia
The world won’t recede. Today’s small complications, minor irritations, inconsequential decisions are magnified 1000 x by my mind turned stalwart nocturnal animal with powerful night vision. My imagination spotlights future funerals like scenes on a stage. I gaslight myself. Any real or larger problem is apocalyptic in the dark. Tomorrow,…
Kimberly O'Connor 