Living The Dream—2026-07-21 (Patreon)

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COPING STRAT by Tyra Wilson

Right now, it’s 97° outside. When I left my apartment, with its piece of trash air conditioner, it was 88° inside. There ain’t nowhere in there that I can get cool.

I got up hot, took a cold shower, and ate some toast while I was still dripping wet. That was the coolest I been since I left work last night.

After the toast, I pulled up a playlist on Spotify and just laid on the bed. I sweated through my clothes and the sheets, so I stripped them off and hung them up to air out.

I got to go to work, and I ain’t trying to be that girl that smells like a nasty locker room. I worked out a strat to deal with it last week. I packed a full change. Everything from socks to my uniform. Got a towel, bar of soap, and deodorant packed, too.

When I get to McDonald’s, I’ll go in the bathroom and take a sink bath right quick. My manager knows I do it.

The walk to work ain’t far. Two blocks to Highway 64, then once I’m across, one more block. But when you leave the house already hot, that’s far enough to make things worse.

So here I am walking, and to make matters worse, I got to deal with one of my neighbors. John David Douglas makes everybody call him JD. He been trying to get with me ever since Cody deuced out.

He pulled up beside me, slowed down, leaned out the window, and said, “Sup, girl?”

“Going to work.” I kept walking.

“You wanna ride?”

Thing is, if I acted like all he meant was he’d drive me to work, he’d twist it around and make something out of it I ain’t interested in.

JD works at AutoZone and thinks he's doing it. It’s a counter, same as McDonald’s. It ain’t bougie or nothing. Selling parts don’t make him high-sadity.

“I’d rather walk.”

He turned up the music and said, “Come see me when you get off. My air conditioning is as cold as you are hot.”

Him and his double meanings. I was glad when he drove off.

Well, I gotta get across 64, so I’ll wrap this up. Next time…

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