adapted for/featured in book #34
Everything is wrong until it turns OK and then eventually bad again but don't worry about that now because maybe it will just continue to be good
I want to talk about this deer I saw yesterday walking my dog. This deer was old and skinny and two baby deer were nearby. The baby deer were on one side of the road and this old skinny thing was on the other. This deer looked too old and skinny to be a momma, ya know? Maybe she was an old aunt? And I just thought about my old Aunt Lil who is dead now.
The point is that I get anxious/stressed/nervous/depressed from time to time. But we have to push through all that and just go on caring for all the living things. Dogs, old deer, baby deer, wives, boyfriends, squirrels, best friends, tiny ants, you get the idea. Everything is OK. It's gonna be OK. Dad, is it going to be OK? Yes, he says that it is. Good. Keep it all in your heart and do your best to kill the other stuff because it isn't real. Also, I am a vegetarian now.
Everything is wrong until it turns OK and then eventually bad again but don't worry about that now because maybe it will just continue to be good.
The deer had a numbered tag around its neck. Some scientist somewhere waiting to record a statistic. I walked in between this deer and the two babies who were semi-hidden in the bushes on my left. I thought maybe this old skinny deer would charge at me and my dog for coming between her and the little ones. But she just stood there, barely moving at all. And the weather was nice.
–AUGUST 2012
