42 flora and fauna I was listing the flora of our resort village when I got cut off by the grannies before Wet grass smells so good The cramps left for a bit and I had this sudden burst of energy I put on sneakers and made a messy bun Put on headphones And then I ran and ran and ran and ran Hibiscus And fauna would be dragonflies, gorgeous red ones It's just like toot Any berry in Egypt is toot Chugachugachugachuga Cherries are kreiz and strawberry are farawla What was I saying? Village fauna: the night kitters I met two! One had white and black splotches like a cow, hunting bugs in a bush And one was all white but very dirty from garbage diving Poubelle diving Isn't poubelle too cute of a word for trash can? My sister said she wanted to name one of her kids poubelle (She was joking, for all her faults, she's not Paltrow/sad beige level deluded) I had the perfect playlist The village was transformed Everything felt cinematic The gardens, the people in the balconies, the bridges over the lit up pools, kids on bicycles, the cute fat woman walking her teeny teeny dog Somebody must've cooked a ludicrous amount of shrimp, I could smell it down one whole street I slowed down and circled the garden/pool/gazebo area near our apartment A woman emerged and started eyeing me Not sexy woman eyeing Gladys Kravitz from Bewitched eyeing (she was the snoopy neighbor peeking from behind the curtains all the time) Her whole vibe was Gladys Kravitz I could just tell she was going to ignore my headphones and ask personal questions or unload some undiluted crazy on me Unless you're an AWFUL person or Nell from the movie Nell, you should understand that headphones or earphones are the universal sign for leave me the fuck alone The upside of CPTSD is sometimes hypervigilance pays off I caught her in my periphery early Clocked the predatory neck craning and the serial killer glasses glinting in anticipation I turned back towards the gazebo area She followed me Creep confirmed She was definitely trying to talk to me I assessed her trajectory Pretended to be heading for another path Then just before the point where she assumed she'd cut me off, I suddenly turned and walked away down another side path I saw her pause and step HA Don't pretend to bump into meee lady I've escaped fucking LAIRS I'm used to this I don't look Egyptian Sometimes people think it's okay to peer into my face and WHERE YOU ARE FROM? me -- I mean, it's okay sometimes but not when they act like I work for P.T. Barnum And not when some guys assume I'm a nymphomaniac because they think every foreign woman is some kind of a porno character Speaking of stupid guys Ozzy sent more messages after I ignored his weird rant He tried to blame the power cuts for his "delayed response" ... His phone was ringing I can see when messages have been delivered He's so bad at lying I guess I like that about him Not enough to debate whatever men's rights group he joined Ugh People are so exhausting The run felt good though I needed it |