"Therapy as a Full-Time Job"

Started by RecoveryRandal, July 02, 2018, 02:37:37 PM

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RecoveryRandal

This is a poem I wrote that was accepted for publication in Barking Sycamores, a magazine about neurodivergent literature and art.

"Therapy as a Full-Time Job"
by Randal Mason

You've been preparing for it
All day
It's lodged in the back of your mind
Forces
Your attention now and then
Like the neighbor's dog
Barking
When all you crave is quiet
You collect
The week's worth of dreams—
And there have been some doozies—
Try and remember to eat
Or not eat too much
What are your issues with food again?
After more than a decade in therapy
You think you'd have this down
Steeling yourself
Preparing to open
And polish your obsidian core
To a dull shine
Find (appropriate) distraction
Where you will
But there are only so many meals in a day—
There we go, food again—
Only so many songs, cups of coffee
Only so many ways
To keep the dread at bay