8/26/2026

Emergency contact

I rotate through the names I plug into these boxes

I’ve never had one consistent person to list

I’ve been told my independance has reached an unhealthy degree

But what other option is there?

And I mean, a concrete…legit option

Not a dream, not a wish, not a hope

The reality is there isn’t a person

I don’t have A person

Sometimes people have a sibling

A parent

A dependable friend

But the reality is that the people in my life, have THEIR person

The people I could probably count on have their own lives

They have their partners, their children, their families

It feels so stupid to say out loud

What does it matter what I put in there?

But I do get stuck on the question

Every time I need to complete paperwork- there it is

Who’s the person they can call?

I’m always secretly hoping they don’t call

It takes the pressure off if I alternate through a few names each time

Or if I add the wrong digits

It’d be lying if I said I never desired to confidently write down the name of MY person