Sunday Rant

It's not your OCD
when you like things
very organized.

You don't hear an angry
voice yelling "this will kill you,
don't touch that door knob!

did you lock the door?

did you turn off the lights?
check again,
then wash your hands,
then check again,
then wash your hands again,

germs are everywhere,
in your room,
on your shelf, your book,
in your lungs,
in your mind,
this will kill you,

this will this will this will

wash again,
wash again,
wash again."

Did you?

You've never spent
fifteen minutes
repeating every single
item on your grocery list
in the grocery store,
in front of the cashier,
three times
in a row, so quickly
and irritably, that
you kind of lost your breath,
and drew attention
to yourself.

You have not.

Then, it's not "your OCD".