your fears

let's talk about love,
my therapist says to me while
filing her nails
and doing her bills,
her long leg is dangling
a pink heel at the end
of it.
could you stop that, I tell
her.
it's distracting.
oh, she says, and why do
you find it distracting?
because it's near my head
and I can't concentrate
on your questions
when I think that shoe
might hit me in
the eye.
okay, okay, she says,
flipping the heel off.
what else are you afraid
of?
tell me about your deepest
fears.
are they connected
with being in love? i'm
worried about
you billing me extra if
we run over in this session.
so i'll keep it short.
no is my answer.
I fear real things,
like a painful death,
or bee stings.