A Bird Song
Allison Mlcoch English Blog 2 September 10 2020 Does Everybody Feel Like This? I wake up in the morning and the first thing I do is hit the alarm clock. Another day has started. But the first thing on my mind is I can’t get up. I don’t want to. It’s the same story all over again. Get up, stare at the phone, eat alone in an empty house, and go back to sleep. It’s boring. I don’t want to think about my problems and sorrows now. Does everybody feel like this? I put my bed together, and positioned the pillows where they belong. I fed the dog, the birds, the fish, the cats. These are the only things alive in this house I think. I do the dishes my family left behind last night, and I turn on the TV with a bowl of cereal. This thing has no taste. The TV is grey and dry, so I decide to turn it off and finish the bowl of food in quiet, deafening silence. Ten minutes pass, and I go to brush my teeth. I put on a grey fluffy hoodie, and grab a blanket that brushes along my sweat pants as...
