WHAT BEING A GIRL FEELS LIKE
-Being in a room with a wounded animal you want to help who could probably kill you.
-Watching someone you are fairly sure you do not like loudly & drunkenly sing a song you once loved.
-Sitting in an unfamiliar parking lot with no money or transportation while waiting for someone & not knowing if they are coming. Not knowing if they know you are waiting.
-Touching a rock on a beach & feeling an overwhelming sense of affection toward & connection with that rock. Remembering a time when you had no concept of property.
-Burning down the tallest bank in your hometown. Helping people escape.
-The sound of far away dogs through an open window.
-The shape Christmas lights make when you aren’t looking at them directly.
-Some clear nipple discharge can be normal. See your doctor immediately if discharge is milky or dark.
-A flock of turkey vultures taking turns throwing their bodies against your window at night. Hearing the glass start to crack.
-Shaking a tree branch after the rain’s stopped.
-A persistent tiny sharpness on your scalp at the crown of your head. A type of pain that feels very, very cold.
-Filling a pillowcase with a million tiny pieces of paper.
-A flower large & heavy enough to crush a building.
-Crushing buildings in general.
-Flowers in general, especially having bees feed from you often.
-Something is happening with the crows in this place. I don’t know what. Something.
-The place at the base of your spine where you can feel a physical sensation when hearing sounds underwater.
-A large red boulder in a clearing in a forest that has been filled with 2 feet of human hair. Also it is raining.
-A wax museum of people you have met but don’t remember.
-How many people do you not remember?
-Waking up to find five sea lions staring at you. One is on your bed. They sit perfectly still. They all have pink eye. Deciding to pretend you are asleep.
-Pretending to be asleep in general.
