Andrew J. Lederer

Eyes itchy.

Nose stuffed.

Sleepy from medication. Just wanna be left alone.

Knock on the door -- roommate needs something.

Knock on the door -- roommate wants something.

Knock on the door -- roommate has to get something.

Knock on the door - roommate wants to know something.

. . . Oh, sorry. Distracted for a minute. Roommate had to tell me something I neither wanted nor needed to know.

I'm going out where the air is filled with allergens that will make me feel worse than I do now.

Where there are people everywhere you turn.

And I can be left alone.