please act normal—whatever that means

by Jordan Trethewey

“Just because it’s at you / doesn’t mean it’s about you”

         —Special Needs parenting proverb

I want you to just

act your age, not your trauma size, because

mornings are bad when it’s

just you and me, at

sunrise, with dog, and daughter. You

won’t take your pills, dress, eat. Doesn’t

it bother you, to treat me mean?

Every morning, and evening, the same. It’s

weird noises, not listening, laughing about

my frustration. It will forever be about you.

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