i just stood there today at table seven reciting the osso buco special like it was poetry like i hadn't just watched two SUVs nearly collide outside the window like my skin wasn't absolutely… …

Like, someone was telling me this really sad, intense story the other day, about something truly awful that happened to them, and I was sitting there, nodding, making all the right noises, and inside… …

I just sit there in those Tuesday morning meetings at the nonprofit, where they’re all talking about bootstraps and “personal responsibility” and the sanctity of... …

omg like my head is still buzzing from tonight 7 tables back to back the pasta special perfectly recited but all i wanted was to lock myself in the walk-in and cry while thinking about that calc exam… …