High school graduation night, Mr. Manatee’s, May 1999

Here if Needed: A Brief Auto-Bio of Feelings

Quick to cry if sleep-deprived
Pissy-pie if meal did not satisfy (i.e. vegetarian)

Humble pied if corrected
Fired up if rejected (for publication, not dates)

Feeling thin if wearing this
Feeling fat if wearing that

Hypertensive if working on malfunctioning machines
Simply hyper if on the retail scene

Gurgly if having eaten too fast
Giggly if slightly gassed

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