the sound of dogs barking through ur window
resembles the crying of a person in the next room
& if u are used to ppl crying in the next room
then no one can blame u for thinking
every dog barking is actually someone
sobbing. you’ll abandon ur cookie and rush
into the next room only to find them watching TV.
this becomes a problem when they are actually
crying but u thought it was just dogs barking.
[& now that i’m writing this it seems like
a “disrespectful” analogy i’m sorry
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u know how when u are a kid ppl ask u
“who do u love more, ur mom or dad”
& only ur best friend is privy to that information
as a sign of ur mutual trust & a guarantee that
if u go down i shall take u with me ism? —
yeah so i’m glad i still talk to my best friend
& he knows better than to reveal my answer,
because those questions take on a dangerously
different life when you’re older &
one of ur parent’s dead
Anushka Bidani 