Each morning, I orchestrate an array of multivitamins
\nfrom a kitchen counter graced with a frame containing a 1983 postcard image
\nof Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne and a travel book to Spain. <\/p>\n
After swallowing the roughly half a dozen supplements,
\nI quake down to my knees and go through floor exercises
\nmeant to improve my aging balance on this troubled plain.<\/p>\n
Most days, I occupy listening to well-off women with highly self-regarded
\nopinions opine on why they want what they don’t need
\nas long as they can get it at cost just to test my restraint.<\/p>\n
Other days, I live on the wild side and plan where I’d go
\nif the world did become a land of biters. Whichever zombie movie
\ncomic this apocalypse looks like is lined, but still not painted.<\/p>\n
Some days, I ask for nothing but quiet and a story to read
\nthat doesn’t make me sorry for getting out of bed.
\nGratitude was my least favorite exercise, but it’s keeping me sane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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