Mark Phillips' Pages: Workbook: 4/20/22: I learned the word in therapy.

Romare Bearden, "Late Afternoon," 1979 — Romare Bearden, *Late Afternoon* (1979)

April 20, 2022:

I learned the word in therapy. "Toxic."

Specifically: "toxic narcissist".

It lodged because of its accuracy. Pinpoint: inescapable. "Toxic narcissist": that's what she was, where the precision of the label forced me to stop making excuses.