Currently Dwelling on the Words Around Me

Currently reading credit card statements to be reminded of the impending crippling debt that will inevitably plague most of us once we finish college and are thrown into the workforce with the burden of student loans weighing us down.

Currently reading the ingredients on a can of my dog’s food wondering what nutritional benefits thiamine mononitrate and xanthan gum could possibly have and pretending they don’t sound like sustenance for alien life forms on the planet of Zorgon.

Currently reading my to-do list of essays, finals, and errands which seem to be of critical to my long-term success—failure to complete them meaning a life of regret when in reality a year down the line I couldn’t even tell you what they hinged on.

Currently reading applications for jobs that have no interest in keeping me within the company as any new hire would happily take half my pay for twice the work—perhaps to both our detriments.

Currently reading articles that say it is the end for humans as we know it, with our poor environmental choices that will doom the planet to nutrient-poor soil, contaminated drinking water, destroyed habitats and the species they take with them.

Currently reading the weather forecast that calls for clear blue skies and warm sunshine that will hopefully thaw me as I opt for a beer in the green grass of the park since it won’t be there much longer and the planet is closing up shop because we’ve been too ignorant to ignore all the signs from mother nature.

– D.Y.