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she isn't doing so well she has three kids twin girls that look like something out of The Shining and a little boy that is from another time she is on her third husband and although he doesn't beat her he can barely read and leaves much to the imagination he couldn't have kids of his own because of some freak snow mobile accident Miller Light was involved she is just glad he doesn't like whiskey that means he won't be stealing hers the pandemic is hitting them hard she thinks one of the twins is haunted or possessed she doesn't eat much and stands in corners she thinks she can hear her walking on the ceiling at night the boy stares out windows all day he is the poetic type he likes birds and watching strong breezes third husband has the patience of a saint but again he still sounds out words and he is in his mid-forties Lola spent all day reading self-help books in bed her poetic boy kept her company while announcing beautiful things he saw from the window to cheer her up Mama I saw a yellow bird Mama I saw a cloud shaped like an elephant third husband makes an appearance around dinner time his frustration is a wilted feather he makes scrambled eggs for the twins and chases his worries with some beers Lola lies in bed in the shitty attic room because her house is too small she stares at the peeling wallpaper drinks whiskey her son holds her hand in the dark he says Mama tomorrow I am going to find my crayons I am going to draw you a picture so beautiful all you can do is smile the whiskey has numbed her but the sweetness of her boy makes her eyes start to tear she tells him to go get his favorite book The Little Engine that Could he runs off to find it the ceiling spins like a pinwheel she says a little prayer to the yellow bird in the tree whose song made her son smile and then drifts off to a spiraled sleep she is falling she knows this is a dream and makes no attempt to fly what a relief to to know that she will soon hit ground and shatter into a million pieces
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April 2023
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