i am – under attack

the tables have turned.

no longer can i declare what is commonly known as holy war on guilty bystanders,

because my time has come to get knocked.

this morning, at breakfast, innocently eating my 7 pub style chicken fingers,

my step mother walks in and tells me i am eating the wrong fingers,

i grabbed her fist and attempted to take a bite but as my delightfully unmanicured hands grabbed her horribly manicured hands, she yelped, i stopped,

resorted to eating my own fingers, thank you VERY MUCH.

as i got up, mid meal with my fingers in between my un-lipsticked lips,

dodging plates, plants and fried matzoh (which was being aimed at me, even though i was EATING-

anyways i was getting ready to walk up the stairs to go back into bed (current time, 2 pm) when nanny screams “you look like shit, take a shower and put some makeup on!”

to which i yelled back,

with a fist which pierced through the air

like a proud beacon of my beliefs

“I AM AGAINST MAINTENANCE!”

and crept back under the covers, with my fingers.

i am – under attack December 21st, 2004