I’m watching
“Garden State”
For the
First time
Since 14
Because
It seems like
The most
Millennial
Response
To your
Mom having
Just Died.
—-
Earlier
I was
Eating a
Chocolate bar
And remembered
That
When I was 12,
And I
got my
First period
She Told me:
“You gotta
Eat chocolate
On your period.”
So then I –
– Bawled my
Fucking
Eyes out.
—-
Afterward,
I drove
To parks
I’d never
Been to
By this River
Near my house
Because She –
– Always – used –
– To tell me:
“Go play
Outside.”
—-
“My mom
Just died…
God…it’s
So weird
to say that
out loud.
God um,
My mom
Just died,
And that’s
why I’m
Home.”
-Zach Braff
Garden State, 2004
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