Whimsy
Be a celebrity, says the cookbook of my life.
How so? says my psyche.
Save for retirement, says one.
On the next page, there’s a protest.
Live! says the psyche of my next page. There are pictures of faraway places: oceans, mountains. Suns.
I donate to nonprofits. I rescue dogs. I become an Ironman. I write books. I teach a lot of classes.
In my hypnotherapist’s office, I relive crying in the bathtub as a child while my mother took a picture.
There’s still a snapshot of it in the family album. Me, little, naked, wet-headed, screaming my head off.
Kim Chinquee serves as editor for Elm Leaves Journal (ELJ), New World Writing Quarterly, and Midwest Review. Her eleventh book will be published this year.
Photo Credit: Martin Biskoping
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