Assassins Anonymous

by Rob Hart

Why is a caterpillar wrapped in silk while it changes into a butterfly? So the other caterpillar can’t hear the screams. Change hurts.

Inhale for four seconds, hold for four, breathe out for four, hold my lungs empty for four. It calms my nervous system enough that I can focus.

I don’t lose anything by being wrong, but I gain a lot if I’m right.

I’m admitting to the things I used to be, and the things I no longer am.

“You think because I’m Mexican that I was affiliated with the cartels?

Pet the bunny closest to the bench.

“Yesterday matters. Today matters more.”