Here We Go Again

by Alison Cochrun

“I, for one, am happy to let my past trauma resurface at unexpected

times. It’s like a never-ending game of emotional Whac-a-Mole.”

These two clowns are definitely conspiring to push her toward a full mental breakdown. They’re like the idiots who opened the bag of winds in The Odyssey and blew everyone completely off course for ten years.

“Life is the prickly pear. It’s always going to be a combination of beauty and hurt, no matter how hard you try to protect yourself from the hard parts. There is no way to avoid pain.”

“I don’t want to celebrate the Fourth of July.” Logan shudders. “America is being a shady bitch, and I’m not going to her birthday party.”

“Good. It should destroy you. If nothing can destroy you, Logan, then what’s the point?”