Anamnesis is a recalling to mind of things, people, events, sensations from one’s life; it’s also the detailed intake information as recounted by a psychiatric patient.
gobstopper- 2024
my Dad asked me, Do you think i’m sick as punishment for the bad things i’ve done?this suggestion of any wrongdoing on his part was shocking, even by New Dad standards…but we’re in a new reality nowhis ego is gone and he is funny, loving, affectionate, vulnerable. The past is gone now…I will do anything to protect him.No, daddy, I say. The organism your energy inhabits is old and is breaking down……I think you can’t take it personally; we just have to roll with it.Later that evening as I put him in his pajamas he called me Mama.After sundown, the stars come out. I know it’s only natural and I am going to become undone when he dies.
voyeur- 2024
I work with…a pack of…Little Nosey ParkersMyself included.These poor squirrels; my googly eyes are constantly ogling their every adorable move.I tried to covertly espy them,but it made me feel creepier.Yeahhhhhhhhhh, I’m looking at you, too, buddy.
lush- 2023
I have a history of depressive episodes and this is what my life is like when I am in one.When I am not depressed, this is what life is.I take my meds, eat, feel things, and interact with life.I earnestly attempt to treat myself with as much care as I give to all the lives that depend upon me.If I want to keep nurturing life, I have to be alive.As a result, I live the lush lifewith Contentment and Ecstacy
roomies- 2023
FrankBasilMaisy MaeMaruChloeZephyr (she lives with our oldest child)Midge (she lives outside now)Frank is a fascinating fellow who speaks English fairly well.Basil is a complex, loving, and highly intelligent young lady.Chloe can’t use her legs very well, yet she lives a rich life.We call Maru & Maisy “the twins”, but they aren’t; their feral colonies were just near each other and they were born around the same week. Maisy still has a touch of the ferals on account of her mom abandoned her under a house and she cried for 3 days until someone found her. Because she cried so much, she blew out her voicebox so instead of meowing she “chirps” & “merps”.If I am away from the house working or traveling “too much” she disappears, sometimes for weeks, until I meditate and psychically will her to return. Which she does because she is my girl.
valentine- 2023
I remember this one time when my boyfriend and I broke up.I ran out my front door…screamed to the heavens…and took desperate measures:I set up a Tinder account.Most of the men I encountered were either ignorant,… inept,…or had terrible taste in music. I finally found someone with a familiar feel.after some online flirting we decided to meet in the flesh.I reminded myself to be on best behavior…as there could be consequences.Our attraction was intense and immediate…I laughed at his jokes…… and pretended to know about art.He saw to the very heart of me and loved me for it. So, fuck you, Paul Rudd.
blue– 2023
Once upon a time my husband …took me on a knee-buckling ride…to Pleasure Town.Later, my gynecologist…told me I was pregnant.They’re all adults now, our children.They’re out there in the world…having new experiences…meeting new people; which is right and good…so long as they always come back.
