It’s Me, Your Gravy Boat. Your Moment of Pretentiousness Has Led to My Lifetime of Loneliness

There’s been no gravy train for me.

Heather Osterman-Davis
The Belladonna Comedy
3 min readMay 7, 2024

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Photo by Klaus Nielsen: https://www.pexels.com/photo/tasty-yolks-on-toasts-forming-sad-face-6294297/

Hey. It’s me, your gravy boat. I don’t mean to complain, but I’ve been sitting on this shelf since you love bombed me while unwrapping your wedding gifts five years. I know it’s not ‘emotionally healthy’ to get into the social comparison trap, but…

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Heather’s main goal is turning trauma into comedy. Her work’s appeared in The New York Times; McSweeney’s; Washington Post; Slackjaw; The Belladonna and more.