LJ Idol // Week 13 // Inside Baseball

Peculiar Little Details of Any Given Morning.

Out of the shower.
Dry your hair.
Unplug the dryer.
Curl the cable left-to-right.
Uncurl it.
Curl it correctly.
The dryer lives on top of the laundry bin.
It keeps the lid closed.
(Keeps the monsters in.)

Straighteners.
Plug them in.
Heat them up.
Hair.
Turn them off, and put them down.
Wherever.
You are going to be late.
Clothes, shoes, bag.
Money, phone, keys.
Self.
(Double-check. Touch everything. Make sure it’s there.)

Downstairs.
Coat. Then, (Bag lives only on the right shoulder).
Open the door.
Stop.
You have definitely left the straighteners on.
Back upstairs (run).
You are definitely going to be late.

The straighteners are off.
Obviously.
Unplug them anyway, (just in case they turn on by themselves.)

Downstairs.
Money, phone, keys.
Self.
Crisps!
Kitchen.
Crisps.
Outside.
Keys.
Close the door.
Check it’s locked.
Check again.
Open the crisps from the wrong end.
(Opening them the right way up lets the demons out.)
You are definitely, 100% going to be late.

Did you lock the door?