A Short List

The things I say I am afraid of in order to hide my real fears:

• Insomnia

• Mice feces in the food at Cracker Barrel

• Red nail polish on beige carpet

• Beige carpet, in general, because vacuuming is a pain

• Finishing a really good book

• The nonexistence of unicorns

• Turning left into traffic onto Highway 51 anywhere in the stretch between the 485 interstate and Rea Road

• Bullet point lists