Like the Blue Jay by Liz Flaherty

I found this the other day. While I know when I wrote it, I don't actually recall doing it. It was a rough time--the pain in my neck shoulder was intense and I wasn't in all that good of a personal place, either. It's the only thing I've ever written that was ever influenced by...what, substance use? Although the Percocet was legal, and I took it comparatively sparingly, it made me as well as my writing voice different. Something I find odd is that I'm using this today to avoid writing about pol...