I was so far ahead! How did I fall this far behind?
I throw my head back and laugh. It sounds dry and raspy, but it is mine. Really, "laugh" is not quite right. I bray. It is long and loud and it comes from my gut and it rasps along in great gasping wheezes of breath that scrape the ceiling.
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When I was a kid, I realized I hated my laugh. So I made myself learn to laugh differently.
ReplyDeleteNow my laugh is a little less like a bray and a little more like a giggling stream.
Not that that helps. Don't change your laugh.
I love those last two sentences. "Gasping wheezes scraping the ceiling" is sheer (not opaque?) genius.
I like it too. Best part: I wrote it in class.
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