things i like about being alive
when birds are inside
when waiters are just like, having the time of their lives telling me about the food
when I get something with little cows on it as a present
seeing YouTube videos of cows attentively listening to a dude playing the sax
watching 90s rom-coms with my mom and my sister
getting picked up from practice in an air-conditioned car after a long, sweaty night
hugging someone because they gave me food or a beverage, or perhaps a nice little gift
getting drunker at the getting-ready party with The Ladies than the pre-game or the party with the bros
when people stop me on the street to tell me they like my socks
being on an airplane and watching someone else’s movie screen
waking up from a dream where I forgot to do my homework and it’s Due Right Now
having a dream that the person I like is holding my hand in a crowded movie theater
eating sushi with chopsticks, or my hands, or a fork.
smelling the sunrise in March in a forest in Minnesota (this one goes out to the poets)
getting in a jokey fight with a significant other about something we both know is trivial
remembering something from childhood and realizing why I became the person I did
being awake when no one else is, and watching a violent movie
getting off a plane and getting used to all the new street signs
there are things i don’t like about being alive too. I try to focus on this list more often.
