Ten.Two Thousand, Six Hundred & Forty-Nine

1. A recitation of phrases to get me up and out.

2. I turn my mat towards the windows so I can watch the sun rise while I sweat.

3. All I’m missing is the dill. But I’ve taken the last of the roasted chicken.

4. At least I have them.

5. Is this his passive way of telling me that I have to come to this dinner?

6. When you’re given the right words at a moment when you are questioning everything.

7. Your gut is always right, even when you don’t want to believe it is.

8. But why? There’s a bigger, deeper reason for all of this that goes beyond the normal.

9. The last time I wrote one of these was on April 6. What happened in between? So many things that I cannot remember.

10. What’s the likelihood they are still here?