Be annoying

Because what's the alternative / Issue 1,201

Oh, hi friends!

Be annoying, she thought. What would that look like?

Being good means being quiet. Not asking. Expecting little.
Following a one-lane country road until the gravel scatters and turns to mud.
Believing you can't because someone once told you that you shouldn't.

Being small and neat with quiet eyes and tilted shoulders.
Willing the world not to call on you.
Wallpapering the room, hiding your drafts, never pressing send.

Be annoying instead, she thought. Rattle around, earnest and honest, loud and braying. Bury in the dirt I’m aspiring and Maybe one day. Claim I am, I am, I am.

Why not share what only you can share?