ONE DAY I WILL WRITE ABOUT BEING SINGLE DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

I got a bike

For my birthday

Lime green

16 inch wheels

That fold

Kinda like a dress

with pockets

I ride around Queens

Proud.

I ran more than

40 miles

Since May

Legs tighter

Stomach lighter

Sweat consistent

Intimacy resistant

I got a new couch

Just because

The other didn’t age well

Mustard and my short legs

don’t fill up the

Horizontally wide cushions

and less comfortable

than the couch before

I took pictures

Because I followed

all the directions

I organized my closets

Bought clothes I

might not

ever wear

I got a new desk

White like my old life

So many shelves

I bought a snake plant

I named it Ross

Because Harriet