sat on the floor after finally sorting through all those bills—just staring at that pile of overdue ones and my stomach drops because even if i budget down to nothing i can barely cover my electric bill this month and still have enough to grab lunch, now i have to wait another week just to get to the grocery store.
so i’m sitting in this crowded cafe trying to focus when my mind drifts to this one time in middle school i told the class i had a pet turtle named frankie and my crush just looked at me like i was from another planet—i never got over it, even now the memory just hits me like a brick. now every time someone brings up pets, i start sweating like i’m about to confess a crime.
कोई समझता नहीं, बस एक चाय की दूकान पर वो नजरें ही बदल गईं जब कुछ लोग लगे मुझसे बात नहीं करने और मेरा वही साथी हंसते-हंसते चला गया।
कोई समझता नहीं, बस एक चाय की दूकान पर वो नजरें ही बदल गईं जब कुछ लोग लगे मुझसे बात नहीं करने और मेरा वही साथी हंसते-हंसते चला गया।
i was so sure the dentist would say i needed a root canal, had my whole day mapped out around pain and recovery, but they just found a small cavity and told me it could wait till next visit, so i am just standing here, feeling like i just dodged a bullet or something, what even is this lightness, and maybe my teeth are not the worst after all...