(Non)Comprehensive List of Things to Bring to Therapy This Week

– large water bottle
– a warm sweater for the A/C
– tissues for ugly crying on the way home
– the names you used to call me
– a bottle of essential oil for when I dissociate
– my therapy “homework” from last week
– two 500mg pills of Extra Strength Tylenol for the impending headache
– the worn pliers I’d used to rip out my voice, wrapped tightly in an old, stained kitchen towel
– strips of flesh I’d peeled off when they didn’t fit your ideal image
– a jacket, in case of rain

AJ Wilcox