You ever get the sense
like someone is constantly
riding your ***?

I have been living with my grandma
who weighs maybe 280
and has arthritis in...
well, everything it seems,
and i've never seen her move
from her reclining chair
until i came here.
Then i started to notice something strange,
she gets up and finds a reason to move
into whatever room
i go into.

I've given up talking to her
because she never has anything interesting to say;
just things like
"It's sunny outside today,"
(she only goes outside to get in her car)
or "I'm feeling warm, what's the thermostat at?"
(she sweats bullets any time it's warmer than 72 degrees)
or "If you're making a sandwich,
could you make me one too please?"
(i'm not going into how much she eats)
or, on a really special day
she'll coment on the activities of the neighbors
that she can spy on from her window
next to her chair
(i almost always have to pull the blinds up for her).

Even now as i'm writing this
she's found her way to where i am,
and i've never heard someone
make so much noise while reading a newspaper.
She seems to fold and crinkle and giggle
just so i'll know she's there

Still,
i always do find it amusing
how everyone in the world acts like a child
and is afraid to be alone.
Some people solve this through
***
or parties
or drinking
or wealth
or online chat rooms
or military service
or church
ect, ect, ect...

Me?
I just jot stuff down
and pretend that someone else will read it.