Mrs.Holi

FEBRUARY INVITES SHAME TO THE DINNER TABLE,

Or at least puts it on the forefront. You struggle with the desire of withdrawal,

you want to seclude yourself from the world again—you gave it a shot, and the

month was nothing but long & brutal. You wear your heart on your sleeve and

it gets caught on too many things. Everything has teeth, or an invisible weight

that’s been dragging you to new depths you’ve never been to & there’s only so

much you can say or do when they ask the question again but really what they

mean to ask is why do you still not have it together? They look at you with pity

and move on, akin to a segment on the news about how another family was torn

apart at its seams and the repercussions will echo for generations & they say

‘can you imagine’ and move onto the next segment. Can you imagine if this