Bite Me, Spank Me, Make Me Write Hot Checks
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. She felt like Bukowski if she drank at any point while writing. Oh, Arkansas. What a friend, what a feeling of belonging, one that she’d never experienced anywhere or any time else. Quick stats: Somewhere in 2021, random anonymous drug testing was done on all urine samples received by doctors across the state, and 30% were positive for meth. And meth users don’t even typically make or keep doctor appointments, so what does that signify, do you think? The year she lost her husband, but gained a family. The year she lost an abusive family, but gained a handpicked one. You can pick your nose, and you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your friends’ noses, or whatever. The year she slept outside in her own hometown, but elsewhere found a home. The year she gained the motherlode of drug and alcohol tolerances, but shed a drug and alcohol habit. The year she lost her partner, her buddy, her best friend, but gained independen...
