When the Rain Falls

It's Tuesday. After school I have to pick up my baby brother Anthony, run home and make sure that my mom hasn't stopped breathing in a pool of her own vomit, change into my work uniform, bring Anthony to my best friend Sadie's house. Then go to work, fit in some time at the studio so I don't lose my scholarship, pick up Anthony, go home and put him to bed, do my homework , drag my mom to bed from whatever corner of the house she has managed to pass out in, and then and only then can I take a shower and go to bed. And its only fucking Tuesday. So at the risk of sounding too cliche, my name is Elettra and this is my story.