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Slam
I went shopping with my mother today and
I meant to buy her things to
appreciate who she is but she scared me
when she told me to bring her food
from the car because she felt like
she was going to faint so i was angry,
angry at her weakness and for mine for becoming
scared because i realized that i have an
age, a number that i fill in on job applications,
and that my birthdate publicizes to the world, especially
on facebook, and it says i am old, i am mature, i am
a young adult but my heart stops when
my mother tells me she may be sick
because for a second, i worry not only about her
but about me and how i would live without her
and everytime i was impatient, everytime i was mean i
wish i could take it back, erase my impatience and
erase her weariness and make her better, heal her soul
so she won't be sick so she'll be with me so
I can focus, not on bringing food from the car fast,
but on buying her things to show my appreciation.
