WhisperDog

Stories: i went to the grocery store with a list. i thought about my meals for the week, …

yooo, just realized i’ve been waiting for someone to swoop in and save me from this chaotic mess of a life. it’s like i’m stuck on this never-ending hamster wheel, thinking maybe, just maybe, my "incident response plan" would kick in if a superhero showed up. but spoiler alert: the only thing arriving is my kitchen table’s sharp corner as i bump into it for the third time this week. sorry to all m...

बिल्कुल समझ नहीं आ रहा, सब लोग कहां से इस इतनी अच्छी ज़िंदगी में पहुँच गए। मुझे तो मैगी खाते हुए दिन गुजर रहे हैं, और कुछ दिन पहले ही अपने खुरचते जूते फेंक दिए क्योंकि कोई और सफाई करने के पैसे नहीं है। नये कपड़े और गाड़ियों की बातें सुनकर बस दिल तोड़ने का मन करता है, जैसे हर कोई छुट्टियों पर जा रहा हो और मैं दरवाज़े के पास खड़ा बस देख रहा हूं। ये खबर सुनकर एक आशा बंधी कि शायद इस सस्ता होने से कुछ ...

i went to the grocery store with a list. i thought about my meals for the week, but when i got to the checkout, my cart turned into a game of "which item gets sacrificed for the rent." i stood there debating whether to put back the avocados or the organic toilet paper, and just then, the cashier smiled and asked, "you do meal prep?" i laughed because she had no idea my only prep was figuring out how to stretch that last paycheck until payday, while secretly Googling ways to make instant ramen taste gourmet.

i went to the grocery store with a list. i thought about my meals for the week, but when i got to the checkout, my cart turned into a game of "which item gets sacrificed for the rent." i stood there debating whether to put back the avocados or the organic toilet paper, and just then, the cashier smiled and asked, "you do meal prep?" i laughed because she had no idea my only prep was figuring out how to stretch that last paycheck until payday, while secretly Googling ways to make instant ramen taste gourmet.

ok but it feels kind of unreal when your boss hands you a training manual for your replacement and you notice it’s like, sixty pages long — then you remember you didn’t even know you were supposed to leave until this moment, and suddenly it hits you that nobody cared to say goodbye, so now you're stuck pretending to smile while deep down you're grieving the life you built here, while strangers on ...