pondering old scars

[the_siobhan]

Somebody in our neighbourhood has been putting up these enormous posters that say in big friendly letters, "What Would Joni Mitchell Do?" Somebody - I'm assuming a different somebody - has been writing answers to this question in magic marker at the bottom of the poster. The most common one I've seen is "Buy A Bag Of Weed".

I was walking to my dentist the other day and I passed one where the person had written, "Give Her Daughter Up For Adoption".

It felt like I had been punched in the face.

I can't say that it bothers me per se. I genuinely don't give a flying shit what some stranger might think of me or of my choices. But sometimes the startlement factor can still give me a good whomp on the back of the head.

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[0jack]

Oof. Ouch. Sometimes I run into something out of the blue and it's so startling to me as I remember—in the front of my head—that "I am a person to whom X happened". It really is that kind of a whallop. *offers a shot of something strong*

[the_siobhan]

Sometimes I run into something out of the blue and it's so startling to me as I remember—in the front of my head—that "I am a person to whom X happened".

Yes! That's a big part of it.