Happy Valentine’s Day to the
f***er who put the
$7 Glitter Dollz at a three year old’s
eye level
We just needed toothpaste which is
becoming increasingly harder to find in the city
are times so hard that
people are not brushing their teeth
as much
Well
I get it
We are not brushing our teeth as much
because hygiene is hard
and timing is everything
and everything is hard
But these challenges
are what make us special
and also what makes us special is my
unwillingness to have a disastrous
stand off in the
dollar store
right before a fancy day
I laid out my argument and then
I saw that
her spirit had temporarily left her body to
defend her position at the crossroads of desire and
determination and
that intersection is an over my dead body kind of
place where
the dead body always tends to
be mine
valentine
Three days later my daughter is
still besotted with
“She doesn’t have a name yet!”
Glitter Dollz
Pale and sharp elbowed and beaming
she sleeps
every night on the pillow
between us
I stare up at the ceiling pondering
my children’s iron will
the stickiness of our needs
and the steady softening of my
candy heart