Mary B Sellers 9/16/24 Mary B Sellers 9/16/24

21 Months Since My Best Friend Began Ketamine Infusions for Her Depression as Math Problem

21 months = ~630 days = the amount of time she hasn’t wanted to die

Mary B Sellers 9/11/24 Mary B Sellers 9/11/24

Storm Is the Word My Therapist Used for My Anxiety Disorder

She couldn’t say it straight. / She told it slant like a sideways rain, / turned suffering into a simile.

Mary B Sellers 9/9/24 Mary B Sellers 9/9/24

MESS

My duvet is on the floor / & I haven’t emptied my rubbish bin

Mary B Sellers 9/6/24 Mary B Sellers 9/6/24

the locusts

My mouth is a threshing crew.

Mary B Sellers 9/5/24 Mary B Sellers 9/5/24

masquerade

"Acting is a craft we never master"

Mary B Sellers 8/9/24 Mary B Sellers 8/9/24

Manic / Depressive

brain bomb / brain tomb

Mary B Sellers 8/1/24 Mary B Sellers 8/1/24

The Possibility of Anxiety

What if you are not heartbeat pounding

Mary B Sellers 7/26/24 Mary B Sellers 7/26/24

Anthurium

Water with six ice cubes once a week…Place in a bright, well-lit location…Avoid direct sunlight…Locate away from drafts. These are the instructions labeled “Simple Care” that accompany the plant gifted by a student.

Mary B Sellers 7/25/24 Mary B Sellers 7/25/24

The cost of happiness is not what you’d expect

See the ad online:

Holiday Sale. I’m out the door

as soon as I find my shoes…

Mary B Sellers 7/24/24 Mary B Sellers 7/24/24

Four poetry collages

Mary B Sellers 7/19/24 Mary B Sellers 7/19/24

“a hard pill to swallow” and “(im)permeability”