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Come What May

Come What May

it’s night

it’s cold

it’s been

one

of the worst

days

of my life

but not the

worst

no, not nearly

lived through

way worse

than this

small

insignificant

thing

that had me

crying in the car

for hours

it ain’t easy

being

a woman

I’m going through

“the change”

a month in

and it’s been

an adjustment

I’ve never been

a sweater –

someone who sweats

I can workout hard

and not break a sweat

but now

all of a sudden

like overnight

like a blink

I sweat

for no reason

at all

it’s like a flush of heat

washes over you

and you become hot

so you crank the air up

or kick the covers off

or roll your face with ice

but you don’t stay hot

10 minutes later

you’re cold

so you put the seat warmer on

and pull the covers up

and feel your face

but you don’t stay

cold

10 minutes later

you’re hot

my hormones are

way out of whack

my emotions are

hot and cold

you feel tired

but can’t sleep

you forget

what

you were

just about to say

then realize

it don’t matter

anyway

nobody’s listening

nobody cares

they got their own

problems

so after one

of the worst days

where you jest wanna crawl in the bed

and go to sleep

the day’s not done

yet

there’s chauffer duty

there’s waiting

you do a lot of waiting around

when you’re a parent

of a teen

who needs a ride

to this, that and the other

so it’s night

and it’s cold

and it’s been

a long day

and I’m sitting there

in my car

with the seat warmer on

and the AC blasting

and I close my eyes

and I just wanna go to sleep

I’m emotionally drained

but I open my eyes

‘cause I can’t fall asleep

in my car

and in the corner of my eye

I see movement

it’s a cat

a beautiful colorful cat

that just appeared

next to me

I roll the window down

and speak to it

but it doesn’t understand

me

so I get out of the car

and course

that spooks him

and he disappears into the bushes

I look for food in my car

something to give him

but I only find water

so I go over to the empty can

of food

that somebody left him

and fill it with water

he was thirsty

then I go to a nearby chicken place

and get him some nuggets

and another cat suddenly appears

and at first

they’re not that hungry

‘cause they’ve already been fed

but as time passes

they drink all the water

and eat all the chicken

they’ve had two meals

today

and now sit on the sidewalk

content

their circumstances are dire

they live in a gutter

and hide in bushes

with traffic circling them

day and night

constantly afraid

and yet

they are content

with their little lives

‘cause they have each other

and that’s all

that really ever matters

in the end

it could have been

way worse for them

they could have tried

to survive

on their own

all  a l o n e

TL

Published inPoetry