[splendra]

WORRY

Worry has written the definitive work on nervous
habits. She etches lines on people's foreheads when
they are not paying attention. She makes lists of
everything that could go wrong while she is waiting
for the train. She is sure she left the stove on, and
the house is going to explode in her absence. When
she makes love her mind is on the failure rates and
health hazards of various methods of birth control.
The drug companies want worry to test their new
tranquilizers but they don't understand what she
knows too well: there is no drug that can ease her
pain. She is terrified of the unknown.