it is easier to fold a fitted sheet than to get help from the depression helpline
easier to fold a fitted sheet with a partner who doesn’t listen to instructions
easier to fold a fitted sheet with one hand
easier to fold a fitted sheet made of damp tissue
easier to fold a fitted sheet while balancing one-legged on the end of a crocodile’s snout
easier to arrange finance and buy a fitted sheet factory and deal with the folding en masse of
fitted sheets than to get help from the depression helpline
they tell him to take up a hobby
to have a cup of tea
to get some sleep
he folds into himself, holding the corner of a sheet in one hand
folds into himself and balances one-legged on the end of a crocodile’s snout
First published in Atlas Literary Medical Journal 3 (2018)