Blue Eyes and Other Sources of Drowning

Southern

The south will always feel sticky to me. It's southern drawls that are slow and feel like getting stuck in syrup. The way "bless your heart" is typically not a blessing. Watching confederate flags be waved and wondering what part of the meaning that person is proud of. My ex boyfriend's roots being so deep in the town, his ancestors are probably completely dirt beneath the giant pine trees. One movie theater and an occasional skating rink is not sufficient entertainment. I don't find joy, like all the other natives, in sticking my nose in other peoples business.
Why does his mother give two fucks if I talk about him to my friend? Why would she think my friend would tell her mom and her mom would tell her if I did? Just the opposite came back down the telephone. Her mom told her daughter (my friend) who told me.
Get my shit off your nose. Go contribute something useful to the world.