That’s Not Normal

(for hour 7—“normal” prompt)

 

That’s Not Normal

 

I woke him with the dreaded whisper,

“There’s someone in the livingroom.”

Having no reason to doubt me,

he leapt from dream-state to Dominant Male Protector inside of a second.

Then I whispered, to warn him,

“They’re very tall.”

Apparently, hallucinating alien-like creatures in one’s home is not supposed to be a side-effect of pain medication.

The following day, my oncologist told me, “That’s not normal.”

We both looked to my partner, “How’s your blood pressure?”

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