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Is This Adulthood or Punishment?
<br/><p>š Why does standing up now requires prayer???</p><p>I can sit on the floor.</p><p>Letās be clear. Iām not elderly. Relax.</p><p>I can sit cross-legged. I can even sit pretty.</p><p>The issue is not the sitting.</p><p>Itās the rising.</p><p>Because why do I now need a countdown?</p><p>Why am I bracing myself like Iām about to attempt a world record?</p><p>Why do I place one hand on the floor, one hand on my thigh, and pause like Iām buffering?</p><p>And the sigh.</p><p>That deep, dramatic āalrightā before I stand.</p><p>Who authorized that?</p><p>If Iāve been sitting too long, my legs stand up before I do.</p><p>My knees start a podcast.</p><p>My back adds background vocals.</p><p>And donāt let someone be watching.</p><p>Now I have to pretend itās smooth.</p><p>Meanwhile inside, my joints are filing complaints.</p><p>Nobody told me adulthood comes with sound effects.</p><p>Crack. Snap. Pop.</p><p>Is my body making music or issuing warnings?</p><p>Iām not old.</p><p>But why does standing up feel like a trust fall with gravity?</p><p>So Iām asking respectfullyā¦</p><p>Is this adulthood?</p><p>Or is this punishment for every time I said,</p><p>āI can never be that auntieā?</p><p>Because the auntie is auntie-ing.</p><p>And itās me.ššš</p>
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