Today, at 5 o’clock in the morning, I got up and used the bathroom.\u00a0 Shortly after, I noticed I was bleeding.\u00a0 No, not a cut on my leg, or a scratch on my arm.\u00a0 No, I was bleeding elsewhere, the start of a painful (period) of dropping to the floor and curling into a tight ball.<\/p>\n
Can I just stress on how much I hate my period?\u00a0 Or, should I lie to everybody, including myself, and say that this is a blissful time of shedding of old and creating of new.\u00a0 That everything is green and bright.\u00a0 No.\u00a0 Everything is red, from the round splotchy red on your face to the oozing thick burgundy in your underwear.\u00a0 Take that anyway you wish.\u00a0 I choose to take it as a token by war.\u00a0 You collect many as a woman.\u00a0 All the past uterus widowing you to menopause.\u00a0 Oh, when the men pause, because you’re no longer a youthful widow.\u00a0 You are now too old.\u00a0 But, at least after a couple years of hating everyone and everything, you can relish in your wisdom and forgive all those past widowers.<\/p>\n
But for me, I’m still gathering tokens.\u00a0 Boy, do they weigh a ton.\u00a0 Maybe that’s the reason for the pain in my back.\u00a0 Or.\u00a0 Is .\u00a0 It.\u00a0 Just.\u00a0 My.\u00a0 Period?<\/p>\n
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