mom from the

front seat:

“are you okay?”

me from the

back seat:

“i am okay.”

mom from the

front seat:

“just a sniffle?”

me from the

back seat:

“sometimes its just

a sniffle”

sometimes it is,

yeah —

but if you have a feeling,

if you have a

f e e l i n g

that it’s not just a sniffle,

then its not just a sniffle.

that, ironically,

happened to be just a

sniffle.

but hear me when i say this–

you have to sniffle

sometimes

before you sneeze.

yuh yuh!!