the openness when you don't know who you're talking to that gets lost when you think you know what's up.

My deep purple blanket sheds dots the size of a bug,

and I have decided for now that this is a good thing.

Okay babe, you really cannot panic when you wake up itchy

and find dark fuzzy things in your sheets.

I squeeze the spot on my neck where this stress has learned to land.

My housemate learned this week that emotional patterns are embedded in neurons.

(it's a question of bottom truth)

Remember that lump is actually feelings, and so it's real.