I have a THING
I need to figure out
I was driving my mom around
because I'm doing that
when we are
doing things
and I stopped to get gas
which was all expected
and we had just been at the grocery*
*I'm telling you this for CONTEXT
at the grocery
she stays in the car
with the engine and air conditioning running
we get to the gas station
and I'm getting ready
before I turn off the car
AND
she's LIKE
you have to turn off the engine
BEFORE you pump the gas
AND
it triggers me a little
I MEAN
isn't THAT
like the FIRST thing
I think I learned THAT
BEFORE
I even was a driver
the first time I ever pumped gas
BUT ya know
MORE than 40 years
and although I KNOW
she's probably
just thinking
a few minutes ago I wanted her to
leave it running
NOW that isn't safe
I got out of the car
and bitched to myself
would you PLEASE start treating me
like I'm the SMARTEST person you know
I feel like SO MANY
of my human interactions
involve people
giving me DIRECTIONS
LIKE
I just arrived on this planet
& had NEVER ENGAGED my brain
PROBABLY need
to be TOLD
THE MOST BASIC things
when I spend
at least six hours a day in research of
SOME kind
&
I'm fifty seven years old
THIS attitude on my part
is disruptive to my functioning
BUT
I cannot seem to DISCONNECT
& the problem with my
DESCRIPTION
is that it's
IMPOSSIBLE to
NOT display
what I THINK
it HITS the
ALIEN 👾 button
