Perpetual Trigger

When I escaped my family of origin by running away they contacted friends of mine. Let's make Emily jealous, they said. They invited my ex for Thanksgiving, and took a friend from my post-college life out to the fanciest restaurant in NYC.

So the current climate of politics mirrors the bully-power King-and-Queen behavior of my now deceased but historically dreadful parents. The news cycle is all reruns for me. A perpetual trigger. Children in cages! That's us.