The Spiritual Is All There Is

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I’m considering applying for a job as a receptionist at a veterinary hospital, 
though that is serious and I don’t want to mess up any appointments or dates.
I took really good care of my goldfish when I was in seventh grade; 
my older brother gave them to me for my birthday, and I took perfect care of them. 
You can’t overfeed them, because they eat whatever is given to them, I think; 
and you have to clean the tank often. 
I recently drew an illustration of a girl and her cat, for a calendar project 
for a nonprofit I volunteered with. I think it was a good picture, it was calming.
I should get a turtle; something that has a shell. Something quiet and contemplative. 
I’ll let it crawl on my hand, and it might tickle a little. 
I might get one on my birthday, so that we’ll share the same birthday, sort of. 
I'll get one on my thirtieth birthday. 
I think I’ll go ahead and do this.

 

Ethar Hamid is a beginning writer and illustrator from Khartoum, Sudan. She currently lives in northern Virginia, where she is enrolled in online coursework in film/video editing and photography.

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